Does the shadow Secretary of State accept that although there is widespread support for the Bill in the House today, there is no guarantee that a future Parliament will be made up of people who are committed to allocating 0.7% of GDP to international aid? That is why it is important to have the Bill. We must ensure that a future Government who may not want to retain that commitment will have to do an awful lot to move away from it.
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Leech
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 12 September 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill.
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