Patrick Grady – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Patrick Grady on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether conditions regarding respect for human rights are attached to aid funds provided to the government of Nepal.

Mr Desmond Swayne

DFID Nepal has signed an overarching Development Partnership Arrangement with the Government of Nepal that enshrines the partnership principles, one of which is respect for human rights. At the programme level, our Memorandum of Understandings with the Government also include a specific clause that state conditions regarding respect for human rights attached to financial aid funds.