International Development White Paper

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:52 pm on 3 May 2001.

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Photo of Edward Leigh Edward Leigh Conservative, Gainsborough 2:52, 3 May 2001

I agree with everything that the Secretary of State has said, something that I cannot always say, and I congratulate her on her speech. Will she say something about the need to encourage greater charitable giving in the west? I know that progress has been made with the gift aid scheme and other measures. There is a limit to what the taxpayer in the developed world will pay, yet we would all like to spend much more on international development.