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International development

  • Debate Pack

    Estimates Day Debate: Spending of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    Friday, 28 February, 2025

    On Wednesday 5 March 2025, there will be an Estimates Day Debate on the spending of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The debate topic was proposed by Sarah Champion MP and Dame Emily Thornberry MP, the respective chairs of the Commons International Development and Foreign Affairs Committees.

    • Debate Pack
    • Economy
    • Institutions
    • International development
  • Research Briefing

    UK aid: spending reductions since 2020 and outlook from 2024/25

    Wednesday, 12 February, 2025

    UK aid spending has fallen to 0.5% of gross national income. What has this meant for aid spending, and what plans has the government set out?

    • Research Briefing
    • Institutions
    • International development
  • Research Briefing

    Ukraine: UK aid and humanitarian situation 2022 to 2025

    Wednesday, 12 February, 2025

    Describes the effects of the conflict in Ukraine and the number of refugees leaving the country, alongside what aid the UK and others have pledged from 2022.

    • Research Briefing
    • Europe
    • International development
  • Research Briefing

    Debt relief for low-income countries

    Tuesday, 04 February, 2025

    How much debt do low income countries owe, and what is the impact of debt on development? The briefing also discusses UK and global initiatives on debt relief.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economy
    • Finance
    • International development
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Yemen: humanitarian situation and UK aid

    Thursday, 16 January, 2025

    The UN has said Yemen is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. This paper describes the current situation and the role of UK aid.

    • Research Briefing
    • International development
    • Middle East
  • Debate Pack

    Impact of conflict on women and girls

    Friday, 03 January, 2025

    A Westminster Hall debate on the impact of conflict on women and girls will take place on Thursday 9 January 2025, from 1:30 to 4:30pm. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Alice Macdonald MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Institutions
    • International development
  • Research Briefing

    The 0.7% aid target

    Thursday, 05 December, 2024

    In 2013, the UK first hit the UN target of spending 0.7% of GNI on aid. This briefing looks at the target’s history in the UK and the current reduction to 0.5%.

    • Research Briefing
    • International development
    • Public spending
  • Research Briefing

    Financial assistance to Ukraine bill 2024-25

    Friday, 08 November, 2024

    The Financial Assistance to Ukraine Bill will allow the government to contribute to the G7 loan agreement to Ukraine that was agreed in June 2024.

    • Research Briefing
    • Americas
    • Business
    • Defence policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economy
    • Europe
    • Finance
    • International development
    • International law
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Israel-Hamas conflict: UK response October 2023 to July 2024

    Wednesday, 11 September, 2024

    Information on the UK response to the 2023-25 Israel-Hamas conflict between October 2023 and July 2024.

    • Research Briefing
    • International development
    • Middle East
  • Insight

    UK aid: FCDO merger and the move to 0.5% four years on

    Thursday, 01 August, 2024

    It is four years since the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was created and the government announced aid spending would be temporarily cut.

    • Insight
    • International development
  • Research Briefing

    International affairs and defence: Parliamentary debates and statements in the 2023-24 session

    Thursday, 25 July, 2024

    This paper provides details and links for ministerial statements, urgent questions and parliamentary debates (from both Houses of Parliament) that cover international affairs and defence.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Armed forces
    • Asia Pacific
    • Defence equipment and spending
    • Defence policy
    • Europe
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International organisations
    • Middle East
    • Overseas territories
  • Research Briefing

    Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Parliamentary reading list (2020 – 2024)

    Thursday, 25 July, 2024

    Commons and Lords Library papers, Committee reports, parliamentary material and Government press releases on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and related issues from 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • Middle East
    • Security
  • Research Briefing

    UK-China relations: recent developments

    Monday, 15 July, 2024

    This paper looks at how UK-China relations have recently deteriorated, as well as the UK's and China's policies towards one another, the UK's national security concerns, and trade and investment links.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asia Pacific
    • Higher education
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International trade
  • Research Briefing

    Post-conflict reconstruction assistance to Ukraine

    Monday, 15 July, 2024

    Planning for the post conflict reconstruction of Ukraine has begun. The use of sanctioned Russian assets to help fund reconstruction is among the issues being discussed.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • Europe
    • Finance
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    UK aid and climate change

    Thursday, 11 July, 2024

    The briefing describes the potential affects of climate change on development goals, UK aid spending on the climate and key UK projects and their effectiveness.

    • Research Briefing
    • Climate change
    • International development

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