International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money)

Part of Clause 6 — Petition officers – in the House of Commons at 8:13 pm on 3 November 2014.

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Photo of Anne Main Anne Main Conservative, St Albans 8:13, 3 November 2014

I hope that the hon. Gentleman will accept the words of the previous Minister of State, my right hon. Friend Sir Alan Duncan, who said:

“it would be fruitless for us to invest in aid to relieve the plight of the poor in the short term if we did not seek to bring about lasting change.”

He went on to emphasise the importance of tackling corruption. Given that so many aid programmes are showing as either amber/red or red, it is important that we ensure that taxpayers’ money goes to the needy and not to the greedy.