Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 3 November 2009.
Julie Kirkbride
Conservative, Bromsgrove
2:30,
3 November 2009
If I remember correctly, back in 1997, the Labour Government had the aspiration of 0.7 per cent. of gross national income being spent on overseas development. Why, therefore, is it in the last year of the Labour Government that they are proposing to put that into legislation?