Speeches

Imran Hussain – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Imran Hussain on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the outcome of the elections in Burma in November 2015 will have on her Department’s funding to projects in that country.

Mr Desmond Swayne

I congratulate the people of Burma on their historic elections which are an important step towards greater democracy. DFID is currently reviewing our approach for all country programmes for the next five years as part of the government’s overall spending review.