International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money)

Of course.

I just wonder whether the Minister felt any embarrassment about bringing forward this money resol...

I think my hon. Friend may not have read the report, as I have done.

Oh, I have!

One of the things we always discover with reports is that there is always an expectation, or a re...

The problem is that when we have a Departmental budget that, almost uniquely, is awash with money...

The issue before us this evening is the money to be spent in achieving a Committee stage for the ...

I am sorry if I sound unhelpful but I have gone through every report in the independent audit and...

It is vital that these matters are investigated and answers are given and that proper schemes are...

Why, therefore, are the Government not bringing forward a money resolution for the European refer...

I would welcome being at this Dispatch Box to move a money resolution for the European referendum...

Go on then.

Go on then.

Unfortunately it is not within my gift to do so. That is a matter for the business managers and t...

As the Minister has said, this money resolution gives effect to the strong will of the House to s...

I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is absolutely right. That is the purpose of this mot...

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I am spoilt for choice. I give way to the hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George).

I entirely endorse this motion, but as he said a moment ago, its purpose is to give effect to the...

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Order. Minister, before you are tempted down that route, I would just like to remind the House th...

I am guided by your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, but the fact is that I am no more able to grati...

I think the Minister made a slight error with his numbers earlier. I think he was referring to th...

I stand corrected; my hon. Friend has clearly examined the record more scrupulously than I did. O...

I am happy to put on record the fact that the Minister and I have been having constructive discus...

I am glad that there is unity across the House, on that matter at least.

Will the Minister explain the process behind this particular money resolution? In an era in which...

The process is simple. We discussed it a great deal on Second Reading, but my hon. Friend is now ...

The Minister has got to the crux of the matter. This should be a Government Bill and it should be...

I hardly think that a private Member’s Bill could be referred to as being “pushed through” in tha...

The Minister keeps repeating that approval of the Bill was expressed with the clear will of the H...

The reason I keep repeating that the clear will of the House was expressed on that occasion is th...

I can understand why the Minister is getting excited, or even angry, but I urge him not to do tha...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his concern. I assure him that I can take the pressure. As f...

It has been a pleasure to watch the debate for the past few minutes. Watching Members on the Gove...

I hope that the hon. Gentleman will accept the words of the previous Minister of State, my right ...

It is hugely important to ensure that aid gets to the right people. Indeed, the reports to which ...

The hon. Gentleman just mentioned the charitable arm of the Government. Will he explain how that ...

The hon. Gentleman has set me up nicely to explain the dualism involved. There is a belief among ...

My hon. Friend is making an extremely strong point. The British people are donating extraordinari...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I commend the Government for the work they are doing in ...

The hon. Gentleman said earlier that we should not be judged solely on how much we are spending, ...

It is clear that we need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. I do not view it as in...

The hon. Gentleman makes his case with his customary passion and commitment to the cause. The Min...

Those discussions are going on between the right hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selki...

The hon. Gentleman mentioned Africa. One of the commissioners of the Independent Commission for A...

We absolutely do. The hon. Lady makes an extremely good case for additional scrutiny. The Opposit...

The shadow Minister is being very generous in giving way, and I have a high regard for him. He ha...

I note that the hon. Gentleman has had considerably more time in the House than my good self—I be...

The money resolution states that it will

“authorise any expenditure incurred under or by vi...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will know, from his preparations for what I hope will be an ent...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will, but I do so for the last time.

To get back to the money resolution and the very important constitutional point made by my hon. F...

The vagaries of coalition politics are new to us all, including Opposition Members.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Given that we are debating a money resolution for the ...

I would say to the right hon. Gentleman, as I have already told the House, that this is not a gen...

The Bill will be truly memorable, given the recent interventions.

The challenges we face ar...

It will not surprise the House to hear that I support the money resolution. I am delighted that t...

And Back Benches.

And especially from the Back Benches. They have helped to shine a light on some of the issues inv...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the progress he has managed to make with his Bill. ...

I can see where the hon. Gentleman is going with his intervention, but may I just say that decisi...

Given that the office is the right hon. Gentleman’s initiative and that the money resolution is s...

As little as possible, and that is the key to this whole process and to the discussions between t...

Let me try again. If the right hon. Gentleman is not prepared to put a figure on the cost, will h...

I am not asking for a blank cheque. I certainly accept that this House needs to take a view, in d...

I did not expect to speak in this debate. To be honest, I did not expect the debate to go on for ...

The right hon. Gentleman is a very valued and experienced Member of this House and a real parliam...

I seek to support the money resolution before the House. That is where I stand. As the Minister h...

My right hon. Friend is making some powerful points. Does he not agree that both the previous Gov...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. What this Bill seeks to do is build on the Act that I introdu...

What we are saying is that the Government have to be consistent. If they are pushing this money r...

To be perfectly frank, I will not be drawn into the arguments about another Bill. I came to the H...

I will be brief because I know that there are other colleagues who wish to speak. We would be doi...

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I am sorry but I will not give way, because the next speaker will be an Opposition Member and so ...

Is it not worse than that, because the money resolution we are discussing is not about giving any...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. The report published on 31 October says:

DFI...

I rise to support the money resolution and the case made by the Minister, my hon. Friend the Memb...

The hon. Gentleman seems to be missing the point of the money resolution: the Government are alre...

It is more bluff and bluster from the hon. Gentleman: the type of rhetoric about blank cheques an...

The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech, but it is more like one for a Second Reading deba...

You have given a clear direction already, Madam Deputy Speaker, that Members should not be drawn ...

I think that there is a lot of misunderstanding tonight. We seem to be hearing arguments for and ...