Context
Jim Shannon questions the UK's commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, ahead of a high-level pledging summit. He references previous assurances from the Prime Minister about vaccination as an international development priority.
Question
How much funding his Department plans to provide to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for the 2026 to 2030 period. I welcome what the Foreign Secretary has said, and I warmly welcome the Prime Minister’s repeated assurances that vaccination remains an international development priority. Ahead of tomorrow’s high-level pledging summit, does the Foreign Secretary agree that the UK must continue to make a significant contribution to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to ensure that millions of children are protected from some of the world’s deadliest yet treatable diseases, such as malaria?
Answer from The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Mr David Lammy)
We are proud to be founding partners of Gavi. We have invested more than £5 billion since 2000 helping to immunise more than 1 billion children. Gavi has enjoyed good cross-party support in this House and I am looking forward to updating the House accordingly. I am not going to anticipate the announcement that we may make tomorrow, but I am hugely grateful for the hon. Gentleman raising this issue. We are a proud founding member of the Global Fund and were very pleased to co-host its eighth replenishment alongside South Africa. I look forward to making an announcement very shortly.
Not addressed: The specific amount of funding for the 2026-2030 period was not provided, only general assurances were given.
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