EDM: Reduction to UK Official Development Assistance

Reduction to UK Official Development Assistance

Tabled by Chris Law (Scottish National Party) 22 signatures

The motion

That this House acknowledges that the reduction of the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5% to 0.3% of Gross National Income (GNI) has, and will continue to cause, significant destruction and harm across the globe, making the world a more volatile and dangerous place; recognises that the reduction of global aid puts conflict prevention and humanitarian responses at risk; reflects that long-term investment into global peace and security is fundamental to reducing future costs faced by both the Home Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; notes that many of the current international crisis’s have been exacerbated by a lack of international aid; regrets that the UK Government has not allocated any future funding to atrocity prevention; considers that the UK Government is creating further global instability and perpetuating the humanitarian situations which cause a rise in individuals needing to seek asylum by failing to commit to ODA now; further notes that the reduction of ODA funding will induce higher future costs to the Government and will risk the lives of the most vulnerable around the world in the process; calls on the UK Government to pledge to investing in international development as a sustainable approach to ensuring security and safety across the globe and as the moral and fiscally responsible choice to make; and urges the Government to reconsider this policy ahead of the Budget and to commit to maintaining a 0.5% spend on the way to reinstating 0.7% of GNI on ODA before 26 November 2025.

Signatories (22)