Thursday, September 20, 2012

David Morris, Morecambe, Lunesdale, Conservative, Haiti, International Development


Haiti
International Development

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David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions her Department has had with the President of Haiti on the effectiveness of international aid spending in that country.

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Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID does not have a bilateral aid programme with Haiti, with assistance for reconstruction provided instead through our core contributions to multilateral agencies such as the World Bank, United Nations and European Union. There has been no recent contact between my Department and the President of Haiti, but the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), met Haitian Prime Minister Lamothe in London on 27 July 2012 for discussions that included aid co-ordination and effectiveness.