David Mackintosh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding priorities her Department has in Bangladesh.

Mr Desmond Swayne

Our priorities in Bangladesh reflect those of the wider UKAid Strategy:

• Strengthening peace, security and governance
• Building Bangladesh’s resilience to climate change and strengthening disaster preparedness
• Tackling extreme poverty, in both rural and urban areas and improving the quality of education and health services
• Promoting economic prosperity and inclusive growth, ensuring that no one in Bangladesh is left behind.

Running through all of these priorities is a commitment across all of our work to support women’s empowerment and addressing early marriage, promoting voice and choice for all girls