Maggie Throup – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maggie Throup on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the outcomes of the Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016 on developing countries.

Sir Desmond Swayne

The commitments agreed at the London Summit could potentially achieve major benefits for developing countries including preventing their resources from being stolen and hidden abroad; ensuring international systems recover these funds whilst punishing perpetrators; and helping citizens have greater opportunities to seek justice against corruption.