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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 16 February 2011.

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Photo of Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell The Secretary of State for International Development 11:30, 16 February 2011

I am grateful to the Chairman of the Select Committee for that comment and also to the Select Committee itself for going to look with care at development in India and the operation of our programme there. He accurately identifies the scale of need. It is worth noting that the number of the Indian population living on less than 80p a day is 7.5 times the total population of Britain. That puts in context the basic nature of this need and shows why Britain's partnership is so important.