Clearly, the hon. Lady did not listen to what I was saying. I did not say that. I said that the Minister had acknowledged that it was not going to be spent in one year, which was the fear when this was initially proposed. What we are asking for in the amendments is just that clear business case. I hope that the Minister—he was nodding earlier—will be able to set out how that process and scrutiny of it will occur, which is only right. There was only limited scrutiny of the last amounts spent, which were quite significant.
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Doughty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 January 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill.
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