International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill, albeit that I am able to make only a sho...

My Lords, having in the past criticised the delay in bringing forward this legislation, I start b...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Purvis on the way in which he brought ...

My Lords, it would be all too easy to see this admirable and welcome Bill in terms simply of its ...

My Lords, I very much agree with what the noble and right reverend Lord has just said.

Foll...

My Lords, as the first dissident to speak in this debate, I start by saying that I agree with nor...

I, too, was a member of the Economic Affairs Committee when it conducted a lengthy inquiry into t...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the Government and the leaders of all the major parties on, at a t...

My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Fowler, I begin today by saying a word or two about my dear f...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, on his excellent introduction to t...

My Lords, I am delighted that Michael Moore MP instigated this Private Member’s Bill in the other...

My Lords, I was Leon Brittan’s pair and I wholeheartedly endorse every word in the tributes paid ...

My Lords, I had the privilege nearly five years ago of being the first Liberal Democrat to speak ...

My Lords, this is an historic occasion which should make us all proud of belonging to an outward-...

My Lords, it is surprising, when one has heard that the Bill has all-party support and was a mani...

My Lords, occasionally, when a Private Member’s Bill arrives in your Lordships’ House from anothe...

My Lords, I am proud of the fact that both the authors of the Bill, in the other place and here, ...

My Lords, I note with amusement that I am the first of a very long list of a positive feast of no...

My Lords, we have a long debate today, with many well informed speakers—as we so often do in this...

My Lords, at the outset I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, and to my noble friend Lady...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Kinnock, in paying tribute to all three pa...

My Lords, this is an unusual debate, because a lot of the speeches have filled me with a warm glo...

My Lords, we have heard many excellent contributions, starting with the wonderfully comprehensive...

My Lords, I endorse the very fine tributes given by the noble Lords, Lord Fowler and Lord Tugendh...

My Lords, time constraints have spared noble Lords from the lengthy maiden speech of my imaginati...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to voice the congratulations and welcome of the whole House on t...

My Lords, I declare an interest as someone who has worked most of my life outside the confines of...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Purvis on his truly exemplary speech. I agree...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and welcome him to the House. In doing so, per...

My Lords, to be speaker No. 33 on a day such as this, when we have had the privilege of listening...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, on bringing forward the Bill, and Mic...

My Lords, on behalf of DfID and the Government, I am delighted to speak in support of the Private...

Is the Minister going to be able, in the course of her remarks, to respond to my question: why di...

I have in my notes an answer to the noble Lord, which was slightly lower down in what I was seeki...

I take the Minister’s point about the responsibility to carry it forward into law, if that is wha...

I will be coming on to that in a while. Perhaps the noble Lord will be satisfied to wait a little...

It is totally different. The problem that I—and I think other members of the committee—have is th...

Having been a Minister in the Department for International Development, I know that there is obvi...

Could the Minister perhaps expand a little bit on that matter? We would learn a lot if there was ...

I am really running out of time, and I think that we have another Question down on that matter. W...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all those who have taken part in the debate for their exceptional...