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Development cooperation and humanitarian aid report: review of the balance of competences
Report on development cooperation and humanitarian aid for the government’s review of the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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The Foreign Secretary launched the balance of competences review in Parliament on 12 July 2012. This follows the government’s commitment to examine the balance of competences (powers) between the UK and the European Union. The review will provide an analysis of what the UK’s membership of the EU means for the UK national interest.
See this detailed guide for full details of the review programme.
The Department for International Development (DFID) led on the report on development cooperation and humanitarian aid in the first semester of the review.
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Response from the African Development Bankapplication/pdfResponse from the African Foundation for Developmentapplication/pdfResponse from the Asian Development Bankapplication/pdfResponse from Bondapplication/pdfResponse from the British Red Crossapplication/pdfResponse from the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development CAFODapplication/pdfResponse from Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)application/pdfResponse from the Centre for European Reformapplication/pdfResponse from the Euclid Networkapplication/pdfResponse from the European Commissionapplication/pdfResponse from the European External Action Serviceapplication/pdfResponse from the European Investment Bankapplication/pdfResponse from the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committeeapplication/pdfResponse from Brussels and Europe Liberal Democratsapplication/pdfResponse from the Fire Sector Federationapplication/pdfResponse from the German Development Instituteapplication/pdfResponse from the House of Lords European Union Committeeapplication/pdfResponse from Interact Worldwideapplication/pdfResponse from the Inter-American Development Bankapplication/pdfResponse from Malawi Electoral Commissionapplication/pdfResponse from Malawi Ministry of Educationapplication/pdfResponse from ODIapplication/pdfResponse from ONEapplication/pdfResponse from Open Europeapplication/pdfResponse from the Scottish Governmentapplication/pdfResponse from the Senior European Experts Groupapplication/pdfResponse from Stonewallapplication/pdfResponse from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)application/pdfResponse from TaxPayers' Allianceapplication/pdfResponse from the Freedom Associationapplication/pdfResponse from the TUCapplication/pdfResponse from UNICEF Malawiapplication/pdfResponse from UNISDRapplication/pdfResponse from UNOCHAapplication/pdfRecord of outreach meetings with EBRDapplication/pdfRecord of oureach mettings with think tanksapplication/pdfRecord of outreach meetings with NGOsapplication/pdfRecord of outreach meeting with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Secretariatapplication/pdfDevelopment Report - Balance of Competences Review - Online Evidenceapplication/pdfResponse from Italian Ministry of External Affairsapplication/pdfResponse from Italian Ministry of External Affairs (2)application/pdfDevelopment cooperation and humanitarian aid report - review of the balance of competencesapplication/binary