Part of Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 5) – in the House of Commons at 3:35 pm on 25 February 2008.
Given that the European Union is such a large donor, disbursing about $10 billion of aid in 2006, does it not make more sense to get the EU aid policies right by staying in there? Does the treaty not help us by focusing on poverty alleviation?