In the Lords

My noble friend makes a very good point and I am not going to argue with him.

I thank my noble friend for her persistence on this issue generally.

My Lords, the importance of volunteering is embedded and well understood in the FCDO.

My Lords, the Government agree with the premise of the question from the noble Baroness but take issue with the last bit on abandonment by t

My Lords, the UK’s international development strategy has British expertise at its core.

My Lords, the importance of volunteering is embedded and well understood in the FCDO.

My Lords, I have to be honest that I do not know a huge amount about this scheme; it has been raised in previous debates on this issue, but

I will have to refer the noble Baroness to a previous answer. I cannot comment on funding commitments for specific programmes.

I thank my noble friend for her persistence on this issue generally.

My Lords, I am not going to disagree with the noble Lord on the value of volunteering and the promotion of volunteering in recent years—I do