Kirsten Oswald – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-10-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who represented the Government at the third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa; and what steps the Government took to consult with NGOs, churches and other stakeholders on the UK’s contribution in advance of that conference.

Justine Greening

As Secretary of State for International Development I led the UK delegation at the third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa. In the run up to the conference, the UK Government undertook a programme of consultations on the FFD agenda with a range of stakeholders, including BOND, the UK membership body for organisations working in international development, whose members include Christian Aid and CAFOD.