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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Non-governmental Organisations

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 100511, tabled on 7 October 2020

Question

Preet Kaur Gill
Labour
Birmingham, Edgbaston
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October to Question 95714, whether any of the 26 NGOs consulted on the merger prior to the Prime Minister's statement on the 16th of June.

Answer

James Duddridge
Conservative
Rochford and Southend East
Commons

Answered on

12 October 2020

As with any such change in the machinery of government, the announcement of the forthcoming creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was brought to Parliament first.

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