Slough MP Tan Dhesi led a debate on Wednesday afternoon regarding ‘The Future of International Development’.
Mr Dhesi called on the government to provide “cast iron assurances” that the government will maintain the level of funding to underdeveloped areas of the world.
He said: “I am bringing forward this debate because of deep concerns about the future of the Department for International Development, about its funding, and threats to our proud tradition as a distributor of aid to the most impoverished places on the planet.
“I am seeking cast-iron guarantees from the Minister that my fears are misplaced, and that we will continue to make our full contribution of 0.7% of our national income to the world’s poorest communities.
“That we will continue to address the deep scars of poverty and inequality that disfigure our world, the legacy of centuries of colonialism, of wars, of unequal and unjust distribution of the world’s resources.”
