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  1. Climate Change
  2. The following is an extract from oral questions to the Secretary of State for International Development on Wednesday 1 May 2019.
  3. I wonder whether the Minister will today commit to auditing and publishing UK aid spending on fossil fuels through the CDC, the prosperity fund and multilateral organisations?
  5. I am pretty sure that a lot of that information is already in the public domain. I can confirm to the hon. Gentleman my understanding that the CDC has made no new investments in fossil fuels since 2012.
    [Official Report, 1 May 2019, Vol. 659, c. 189.]
    Letter of correction from the Minister of State, Department for International Development:
    An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden).
    The correct response should have been:
  6. I am pretty sure that a lot of that information is already in the public domain. I can confirm to the hon. Gentleman that the CDC has made no new investments in coal since 2012.