Overseas Aid — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:30 pm on 27 February 2013.

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Photo of Baroness Northover Baroness Northover Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Lords Spokesperson (Department for International Development) 3:30, 27 February 2013

My Lords, the Government are committed to scaling up their work in fragile and conflict-affected states. We have committed to spending 30% of official development assistance-ODA-by 2014-15 to support these countries and to tackle the drivers of instability. In 2011, £58.7 million of ODA was spent on multilateral peacekeeping operations. This represented less than 1 per cent of the UK ODA spend in 2011 and we anticipate that it will remain at a similar level.