Clause 1 - Development Assistance
International Development Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend, Labour)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking new clause 1—Reduction in poverty: co-ordination within government—
`(1) The Secretary of State shall make arrangements to promote a focus on reduction in poverty throughout all government departments and agencies in their relations with developing countries.
(2) The Secretary of State for International Development shall, jointly with ministers responsible for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department of Trade and Industry, prepare and lay before Parliament an annual report on the work done in pursuance of the arrangements made under subsection (1).'.
I believe that Dr. Tonge was speaking, so I call her to continue.