Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 16 February 2011.
Malcolm Bruce
Chair, International Development Committee, Chair, International Development Committee
11:30,
16 February 2011
Does the Secretary of State agree that it is worth recording that to lift the poorest people in India out of poverty by $1 a day would cost $166 billion a year, so it is appropriate to continue our transitional arrangements with India? The International Development Committee will visit India next month and we will want to see how DFID's relationship with the country, albeit with a relatively small amount in comparison with the challenge of the problem, can deliver an accelerated reduction of poverty there.
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