HM’s Government has “no plans” to offer MPs a vote on reversing the 0.2% cuts to the overseas aid budget, Downing Street has confirmed.
The PM’s spokesman said the reduction, from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income this year, was allowed under existing aid laws.
Some Conservative rebels and opposition MPs have been demanding a vote on the cuts, they set out their case during an emergency Commons debate on Tuesday.
Conservative MPs on Monday failed to overturn the cuts through a bill dealing with the UK’s new research agency.
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ruled their planned vote could not be allowed, as it was not within the remit of the law being debated at the time, however he asked minister to give the House of Commons “the respect it deserves” and find a way to offer MPs an “effective” vote on the topic.
the prime minister’s spokesperson said: “We are acting in accordance with the act as set out
“It explicitly envisages the circumstances which we now face which is this global pandemic.
“There are certainly no plans to bring forward a vote.”
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