I am sorry to hear the right hon. Gentleman going down this road, as I agreed with him up to that point. Does he not understand and accept that the Scottish Government are committed to writing in the 0.7% figure and that Scotland’s international development would add to overall international development? There is absolutely no reason why this should lead to a reduction; it would lead to an increase. Does the right hon. Gentleman not accept my earlier point that small, north European, independent countries have always been in the lead with this?
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Weir
(Scottish National Party)
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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