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| | Wednesday 15th February 2006 |
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| | International Development (Transparency and Reporting) Bill
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out from ‘Parliament’ to end of line 5 and insert |
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| | ‘each year a report about international aid pursuant to the provisions of this Act (an |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out from beginning to end of line 16 on page 2 and |
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| | | ‘( ) | In this Act, “relevant period” means— |
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| | | (a) | a period of 12 months ending with 31st December, in the case of |
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| | | information which is normally produced by reference to calendar years, |
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| | | (b) | in any other case, a period of 12 months ending with 31st March.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 18, leave out ‘the end of the relevant period’ and insert ‘31st |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | An annual report may revise anything contained in a previous annual report.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 20, leave out from ‘State’ to end of line 24 and insert ‘lays |
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| | before either House of Parliament.’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Page 2, line 25, leave out Clause 2. |
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| | Page 2, line 35, leave out Clause 3. |
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| | Page 3, line 39, leave out Clause 4. |
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| | Page 4, line 13, leave out Clause 5. |
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| | Page 4, line 28, leave out Clause 6. |
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| | Page 5, line 4, leave out Clause 7. |
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| | Page 5, line 24, leave out Clause 8. |
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| | Page 5, line 41, leave out Clause 9. |
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| | Page 6, line 25, leave out Clause 10. |
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| | Page 6, line 36, leave out Clause 11. |
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| | Clause 13, page 7, line 27, leave out ‘9’ and insert ‘(Transparency)’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | | Progress towards United Nations 0.7% expenditure target |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State shall include in each annual report his assessment of the |
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| | | year in which he expects that the target for expenditure on official development |
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| | | assistance to amount to 0.7% of gross national income will be met by the United |
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| | | Aid effectiveness and Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Each annual report must include the Secretary of State’s assessment of the |
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| | | (a) | what progress has been made generally towards the achievement of |
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| | | Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7, |
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5 | | (b) | the effectiveness in pursuing Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 of |
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| | | multilateral aid generally to which the United Kingdom contributes, |
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| | | (c) | the effectiveness in pursuing Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 of |
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| | | bilateral aid provided by the United Kingdom to not fewer than 20 |
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| | | countries specified in the report, selected according to criteria so |
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| | | (d) | what progress has been made in promoting untied aid. |
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| | | (a) | references to “Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7” are to Goals 1 to |
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| | | 7 set out in the Annex to United Nations General Assembly document A/ |
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15 | | 56/326 dated 6th September 2001, entitled “Road map towards the |
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| | | implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration: Report of |
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| | | the Secretary General”, as those Goals may be amended or modified from |
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| | | (b) | “untied aid” means aid which falls within subsection (3). |
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20 | | (3) | Aid falls within this subsection if— |
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| | | (a) | it is either not subject to a condition restricting the states from which |
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| | | goods or services may be purchased using the aid, or (if it is subject to |
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| | | such a condition) the states from which goods or services may be |
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| | | purchased using the aid include all the member states of the Organisation |
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25 | | for Economic Co-operation and Development and substantially all states |
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| | | which receive aid from any source, and |
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| | | (b) | the provider of the aid has, so far as reasonably practicable, secured that |
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| | | there will be no significant impediment in the purchasing process which |
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| | | would have the effect of a narrower restriction than that mentioned in |
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30 | | paragraph (a) on the states from which goods or services will be |
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| | | purchased using the aid.’. |
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| | | As Amendments to Mr Tom Clarke’s proposed New Clause (Aid effectiveness and |
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| | | Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7) (NC5):— |
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| | Line 9, leave out ‘selected according to criteria so specified’ and insert ‘which |
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| | shall be the 20 recipients of the greatest amount of United Kingdom bilateral |
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| | | ‘(e) | an independent analysis of the effectiveness of United Kingdom bilateral |
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| | | development assistance in contributing directly to each of the |
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| | | Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7, |
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| | | (f) | a comparison of the effectiveness of individual country programmes in |
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| | | contributing directly to each of the Millennium Development Goals 1 to |
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| | | (g) | a statement on how resources have been reallocated and money has been |
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| | | spent in response to information set out in accordance with paragraphs (e) |
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| | | (h) | the effectiveness in pursuing each of the Millennium Development Goals |
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| | | 1 to 7 of aid spent as direct budgetary support in the 20 countries which |
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| | | receive the greatest amount of direct budgetary support from the United |
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| | | Policy coherence and Millennium Development Goal 8 |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall include in each annual report such general or specific |
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| | | observations as he thinks appropriate on the effects of policies and programmes |
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| | | (a) | the promotion of sustainable development in countries outside the United |
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| | | (b) | the reduction of poverty in such countries. |
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| | | (2) | Such observations are to include observations on the pursuit of Millennium |
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| | | Development Goal 8, including in particular progress towards— |
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| | | (a) | the development of an open trading system that is rule-based and non- |
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10 | | discriminatory and expands trading opportunities for low income |
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| | | (b) | the development of an open financial system that is rule-based and non- |
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| | | (c) | the enhancement of debt relief for low income countries. |
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15 | | (3) | In this section, “Millennium Development Goal 8” means Goal 8 set out in the |
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| | | Annex to the document mentioned in section (Aid effectiveness and Millennium |
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| | | Development Goals 1 to 7)(2)(a), as that goal may be amended or modified from |
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| | | As an Amendment to Mr Tom Clarke’s proposed New Clause (Policy coherence and |
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| | | Millennium Development Goal 8) (NC6):— |
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| | Line 1, leave out from ‘report’ to ‘on’ in line 2 and insert ‘general or specific |
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| | | Statistics to be reported |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Each annual report must include the information set out in the Schedule to this |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall include in each annual report such observations as he |
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| | | thinks appropriate about the contribution by Government departments to the |
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| | | promotion of transparency in— |
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| | | (a) | the provision of aid, and |
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5 | | (b) | the use made of aid provided. |
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| | | (2) | He shall include, in particular, observations about progress in relation to the |
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| | | (a) | specifying future allocations of aid, |
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| | | (b) | securing that aid supports clearly identified development objectives, |
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10 | | agreed between those providing and those receiving the aid, |
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| | | (c) | promoting the better management of aid, including the prevention of |
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| | | corruption in relation to it, |
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| | | (d) | securing improvements in monitoring the use of aid.’. |
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| | | As Amendments to Mr Gareth Thomas’s proposed New Clause (Transparency) |
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| | | ‘( ) | Observations made in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) shall be made in |
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| | | respect of each of the countries specified under section (Aid effectiveness and |
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| | | Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7). |
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| | | Interpretation, and meaning of terms used in annual report |
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| | | ‘(1) | In this Act, references (however expressed) to the provision of aid by the United |
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| | | Kingdom are to the provision of aid by Government departments. |
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| | | (2) | If an annual report uses terms which have a special meaning, it must include an |
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| | | explanation or a definition of those terms. |
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| | | (3) | In particular, each annual report must include an explanation or definition of the |
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| | | “humanitarian assistance”, |
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| | | “official development assistance”, |
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| | To move the following Schedule:— |
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| | | ‘INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL REPORT |
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| | | 1 | An annual report must include the following information for the most recent |
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| | | relevant period, and for each of the four relevant periods immediately before |
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| | | (a) | the amount of bilateral aid provided by the United Kingdom, |
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| | | (b) | the amount of multilateral aid provided by the United Kingdom, |
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| | | (c) | the amount of debt relief included in each of the amounts mentioned |
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| | | in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), |
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| | | (d) | the amount of cancelled export credits included in the amount |
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| | | mentioned in sub-paragraph (c), |
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| | | (e) | the amount of bilateral official development assistance provided by |
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