I realise that one cannot extend the parameters of the Bill without limit. Its purpose of course is to record the help that we are giving, but does my hon. Friend agree that we ought in all honesty to record also the damage that we are doing? Given that currently the European Union is spending €64 billion a year on domestic agricultural support, a very significant proportion of which is the cause of dumping on African countries and damage to them, should not we own up to what is morally wrong, economically counter-productive and politically indefensible?
International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Bercow
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 20 January 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill.
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