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" There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value for money. "

Andrew Mitchell

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" In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. "

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" Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. "

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" The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need. "

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" There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that. "

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" Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a cost of 2.5 per cent of what we spend on British children. "

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" You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes. "

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" It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development. "

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" My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results. "

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" Climate change is having a dramatic effect on the ground. "

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