Brexit: Overseas Development Assistance

Further information

The United Kingdom government issued on the 12 September 2017 the ninth of a series of papers putting forward its negotiating position on the UK’s future partnership with the European Union (EU). It was published in the context of the negotiations being undertaken with the EU for the UK to leave the union following the Brexit referendum vote of June 2016.

This paper discussed options for foreign policy, defence and development collaboration in the proposed future partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom.

House of Lords: Library: Research Briefings

The House of Lords Library produces research briefings which provide politically impartial analysis of legislation and issues debated in the House of Lords, or of topical interest to its Members.

There are two series:

+ Lords Library Notes
+ Lords In Focus This House of Lords Library Briefing examined UK expenditure on aid and the mechanisms by which it is spent, including through the European Union institutions, and how these might be impacted post-Brexit. The paper examined the Government’s proposals for the UK-EU relationship post-Brexit and reviewed what other commentators had suggested about the implications of Brexit for both UK and EU development assistance.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: Parliament: House of Lords: Library http://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/work-of-the-house-of-lords/lords-library/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, April 2017: Possible impacts of Brexit on EU development and humanitarian policies http://www.europeansources.info/record/possible-impacts-of-brexit-on-eu-development-and-humanitarian-policies/

---