Extract from Estimates Day debate (Commons) on Department for International Development - Jul 1

Tuesday, 2 July 2019 07:11

The Minister for Africa (Harriett Baldwin):...Another theme that came up was the importance of our being able to help with tax revenues. Experts within Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have been able, via spending through another Government Department, to deliver huge increases in tax revenues in some countries. That is proving to be one of the very best ways in which we can spend the overseas development budget. In addition, there is the work that we have done through funding posts within...Request free trial