Chairman of the international Development Select Committee Malcolm Bruce said we need to ensure that £5.1bn of British aid is reaching the people who need it, and not being frittered away along the delivery chain.

So why on earth does this Government give millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money in aid to other countries if they are not sure that it gets to where it’s supposed to?

I think all these billions should be stopped and kept in the Treasury.

P HOWARD (Mr) Brome Place Barton Estate, Headington, Oxford