I have seen for myself the good work that the Department for International Development (DFID) has done around the world. The merger between the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and DFID to create the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, will still deliver an aid budget of 0.7% of GDP.

Huw led a meeting with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss and representatives from international charities and organisations including Save the Children, UNICEF, Oxfam, Coalition for Global Prosperity and the Overseas Development Institute to discuss the humanitarian and economic impact th

For less than a penny in every pound, it is estimated that UK aid saves a life every two minutes. The Aid Transparency Index which measures effective aid spending, ranks the Department for International Development's (DFID) spending as the third most effective in the world and ‘very good’.

During an Urgent Question on plans to use private investments to make up the government's commitment to overseas aid, Huw expressed support for the government's commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income on overseas development aid.

Following my trip to Africa with UNICEF to see how Soccer Aid money is helping young people, I invited the Speaker to join the Parliamentary Soccer Aid team and asked the Secretary of State for International Development if she would join me in thanking everyone who gives their time and money to such a worthy cause.

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, I visited the African country of Djibouti with UNICEF. Djibouti is a small country with a population of just over one million, but hosts the key strategic port for the Horn of Africa. It is surrounded on land by Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea.

This Bank Holiday weekend, I am visiting the African country of Djibouti with UNICEF. Djibouti is a small country with a population of just over one million, but hosts the key strategic port for the Horn of Africa. It is surrounded on land by Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea.

Today, we started off with a visit to the Caritas daytime drop-in centre in Djoubuti which plays host to a thousand vulnerable children. Many of these are child migrants and street children.

Immunisation for children under the age of one has gone up from 80% to 90% in the last few years in Djibouti City. However, in the districts, where poverty and a lack of understanding about modern medicine can be more pronounced, these same immunisation rates are lower than 75%.

I joined the UNICEF team to visit the Parliament of Djibouti and be received by the assembly President, M. Mohamed Ali Houmed. Using our own comparison, this role is the equivalent of the Speaker of the House of Commons.