Speeches

Bill Esterson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2016-06-09.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of the agreements reached at the Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016 in tackling corruption.

Matthew Hancock

This Government the UK has taken a global lead on tackling the scourge of corruption. Each delegation signed up to the commitments set out in the communiqué. In addition, 42 countries and 8 international organisations issued statements setting out further measures they will take.