International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

My hon. Friend makes an important contribution. I welcome the link that she makes between practic...

Pursuant to the last intervention, is it not true that, alongside the moral justification for the...

First, I acknowledge that the hon. Gentleman was one of the earliest supporters of the Bill and t...

Those of us who have concerns about the Bill are, of course, totally committed to humanitarian ai...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I would be happy, over time, to hear him advocate th...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I have given way several times, so I will make a little progress before I allow the hon. and lear...

One has only to ask the Christians, Yazidis or the Syrians in Dohuk what aid means to them. Does ...

The hon. Gentleman has spent some time in Iraq in recent weeks, so I value his insight. He makes ...

I am very much opposed to the right hon. Gentleman’s Bill, but I am looking forward to campaignin...

I say to my hon. Friend and his colleagues that I appreciate their argument about other spending ...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the sort of countries on which we spent development aid ...

I could not have put it better myself, and I am grateful to the hon. and learned Gentleman for hi...

The right hon. Gentleman has made important points about economic development for women. Does he ...

The hon. Lady makes a different point but it goes to the theme of the previous intervention. This...

No one in this House doubts the value of aid, and the various points we have heard concerning wom...

I hope that hon. Members will acknowledge that I have given way fairly generously over the past 1...

The right hon. Gentleman said that overseas aid works. If it works so well, surely we should be a...

Simple and appealing as the hon. Gentleman’s logic may be to others, I am not sure that many peop...

I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his speech and on the excellent Bill he is presenting ...

I acknowledge the important role played by the right hon. Gentleman as one of the original Minist...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for bringing the Bill before the House, and I support what he is...

I thank the hon. Lady for being here to support my Bill and I welcome her observations. Yes, I ab...

I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman has gone off at this strange tangent. Is he not aware th...

I hope the tone of the debate will not deteriorate too rapidly. I thought I was making the point ...

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Order. For the convenience of the House, I should mention that 18 hon. and right hon. Members are...

Let me first thank the former Minister, the right hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selk...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a very powerful emotional argument, which we can all understand an...

First of all, I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that his party made a promise, and it is a duty...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will, but I think I am responding to the points.

We are, as the right hon. Gentleman correctly says, spending 0.7% now and not achieving the vario...

We can talk about other areas of policy, but let me remind the House that every party made a prom...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way once more and then I will move on.

If we take a leadership position on this and enshrine it in law and then other countries follow s...

The hon. Gentleman puts absolutely the right argument, which I will now come to. By legislating i...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

It is so tempting to be back in this House and to deal with some of my former—okay; I will give w...

I am grateful; it is good to hear the right hon. Gentleman being so shameless about promises when...

We know we are on a filibuster when a Conservative Member starts mentioning the Lisbon treaty and...

The right hon. Gentleman is speaking with great authority. Having been in Jordan just last month ...

The hon. Gentleman makes the argument for a long-term commitment to aid—for building up the capac...

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I am going to move on and finish so that other people can speak.

Is this Parliament really ...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will, although I have given way enough to hon. Members, some of whom are trying to filibuster r...

I just want to reinforce the point about the predictability of funding. In support of the right h...

I apologise; I should have allowed the former Minister to intervene earlier, and I congratulate h...

It is a privilege to follow the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr Brown). He sp...

The Minister and I have stood shoulder to shoulder for the last 25 years in this place arguing as...

Of course I have stood shoulder to shoulder with my hon. Friend on many occasions, and indeed I s...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the nub of this debate is this: if we have the opportunity t...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and he makes a powerful point.

I have no doubt that thi...

The Minister is making an extremely passionate speech and I agree with much of what he is saying....

I thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point, and I believe he is absolutely on the money.