My noble friend mentioned my name. I hope he will accept the clarification that he did not answer my question. The thrust of my question was why the promoter of the Bill thought it necessary to introduce a flexibility that allows the Secretary of State off the legal hook. That is the question that my friends in the public are going to ask me. They are going to say, “Legislation is about passing law, and that law needs to be enforceable. You have included a clause which means it is not”.
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Eccles
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 27 February 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill.
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