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International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

No one in this House doubts the value of aid, and the various points we have heard concerning women and poverty. Of course that is right, and the more we can spend on

aid overseas—we are a rich country—the better, but that is not what the Bill is about. The Bill is about writing that figure into law. Why should spending on overseas aid be written into law, but not the national health service or domestic spending of any kind? Why should overseas aid be the only thing written into law?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
585 c1169 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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