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Delegated Legislation – in the House of Commons at 6:54 pm on 22 November 2017.

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That the draft Asian Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.

That the draft African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.

That the draft African Development Bank (Fourteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.

That the draft International Development Association (Eighteenth Replenishment) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.

That the draft Caribbean Development Bank (Ninth Replenishment of the Unified Special Development Fund) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.

That the draft International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2017, which was laid before this House on 19 July, be approved.—(Andrew Stephenson.)

Question agreed to.

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