Petitions and campaigns

See how we have responded to your campaign letters and activities.

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We welcome the work of civil society groups in inspiring the public to lobby on behalf of developing countries. Last year, we received over 100,000 letters, emails and petition signatures from the public.

As we receive such a large volume of correspondence in connection with these campaigns, we may not acknowledge all of them or send individual responses. However, all such representations will be taken into account when considering the issues concerned and we will ensure that both the public and civil society groups are informed of our views and decisions on these issues.

Our responses to some current campaigns are given below:

DFID response to: Burma Campaign

DFID response to: Right to Life

DFID response to: Reliable energy

DFID response to: Global Poverty Projects’s polio eradication campaign

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DFID response to: Plan UK’s "Because I am a Girl" campaign

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DFID response to: ActionAid Fearless campaign

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DFID response to: IF campaign - enough food for everyone

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DFID response to: Stop international land grabs (Oxfam)

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DFID response to: 0.7% commitment (Oxfam)

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View previous campaign responses on the National Archive website.