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| International Development (Official
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| Development Assistance Target) Bill
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| | Amendment to the sittings motion moved and agreed to. |
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| Page 2, line 34, leave out Clause 5 |
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| Clause 6, page 2, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | This Act comes into force on 1 June 2015.” |
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| Clause 6, page 2, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | This Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.” |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Schedule, page 3, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | “(2) | The Secretary of State shall ensure, in exercising the Secretary of State’s powers |
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| | of appointment, that no fewer than three members of the IIDO shall be female.” |
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| Schedule, page 3, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | “(2) | The Secretary of State shall, in exercising the Secretary of State’s powers of |
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| | appointment, have regard to the need for the IIDO membership to reflect a broad |
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| | range of development interests, backgrounds, and expertise in geographical |
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| Schedule, page 3, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The report shall include a record of all salaries, pensions, allowances and |
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| | gratuities paid to members in respect of their duties with the IIDO during the |
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| | course of the financial year. |
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| | (1B) | The report shall include a register of any other remunerated employment |
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| | undertaken by members of the IIDO during the course of the financial year.” |
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| Schedule, page 4, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The Secretary of State shall not authorise payment of an annual salary to any |
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| | member of the IIDO which is, pro rata, in excess of the ministerial salary |
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| | entitlement for a cabinet minister currently in force.” |
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| Schedule, page 4, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | “(4) | The Secretary of State shall not consider the budget of IIDO as a contribution |
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| | towards the 0.7 per cent. target.” |
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| Page 3, line 1, leave out the Schedule |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Independent evaluation of official development assistance |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must make arrangements for the independent evaluation of |
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| | the extent to which ODA provided by the United Kingdom represents value for |
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| | money in relation to the purposes for which it is provided. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must include in each annual report a statement as to how |
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| | he or she has complied with the duty under subsection (1).” |
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| | Clause read a second time and added to the Bill. |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | (1) | This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order |
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| | made by statutory instrument appoint. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may not make an order under subsection (1) until |
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| | legislation has been enacted placing a duty on the Secretary of State for Defence |
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| | to ensure that the amount of defence expenditure as a percentage of the gross |
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| | domestic product of the United Kingdom does not fall below the NATO guideline |
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| | of 2 per cent. in any year.” |
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| | Bill, as amended, to be reported. |
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| | That, if proceedings on the International Development (Official Development |
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| | Assistance Target) Bill are not completed at this day’s sitting, the Committee do meet at |
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| | 8.55 am on Tuesdays when the House is sitting. |
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