Amendments proposed to the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill, As Amended - continued House of Commons

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Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     3,     line     21     [Clause     6],     after 'departments', insert Government agencies and non departmental public bodies.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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Page     3,     line     32     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

      '(e) promoting the establishment of a link between the commitment of aid and the reduction of corruption in recipient countries.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     3,     line     32     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

      '(c) monitoring the adverse effects of any aid so provided,

      (d) making an assessment of the balance of utility, as to whether the net effect of the aid was beneficial or harmful.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     3,     line     32     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

      '( ) exploring alternatives to aid which might have an equal or greater effect than any aid provided;

      ( ) combating barriers to the effective utilisation of aid, resulting from inter alia, external regulation, trade restrictions, tariffs, which may or may not serve to negate the effect of aid, in whole or in part, or otherwise hinder development.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     3,     line     36     [Clause     7],     after 'departments', insert 'Government agencies and non departmental public bodies'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     3,     line     41     [Clause     7],     at end insert 'corruption,'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     4,     line     3     [Clause     7],     at end insert 'poverty'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

25

*Page     4,     line     4     [Clause     7],     at end insert 'sustainable development'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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Page     5,     line     3     [Schedule],     leave out 'must' and insert 'shall so far as reasonably practicable'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     5,     line     24     [Schedule],     at end insert—

            '(j)   the best estimate of the amount of bilateral aid which has been misused, stolen or otherwise been diverted into fraudulent schemes,'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     5,     line     24     [Schedule],     at end insert—

            '(k)   the amount of bilateral aid which has been paid, directly or indirectly to nationals of any country, either directly or indirectly through their employment, who are not citizens of the countries to which the aid is nominally addressed,'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     5,     line     24     [Schedule],     at end insert—

            '(l)   the amount of bilateral aid which has been paid to companies, organisations or other enterprises which are not registered in the countries to which the aid is nominally addressed,'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     5,     line     24     [Schedule],     at end insert—

            '(m)   the costs incurred by recipient countries in administering the bilateral aid they receive including administrative costs, accountancy, anti-fraud measures and performance reporting,'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     5,     line     24     [Schedule],     at end insert—

            '(n)   the best estimate of the opportunity costs arising through the distortion of priorities caused by the payment of bilateral aid, where other non-funded schemes may have been delayed, hampered or cancelled as a direct result of that aid,'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     5,     line     24     [Schedule],     at end insert—

            '(o)   the best estimate of the overall effects of bilateral aid in maintaining the stability or encouraging the perpetuation of corrupt or dictatorial regimes and in permitting those regimes to divert internal funding to non-social activities which might otherwise have had to have been spent on projects of social value.'.


   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

26

*Page     6,     line     14     [Schedule],     leave out paragraph 7.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     6,     line     20     [Schedule],     at end insert—

    '(9) If any of the information required to be included in the annual report is not available at the time the report is prepared, an explanation as to the reason for such information not being available shall be included in the report.'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Greg Knight
Philip Davies
Mr Anthony Steen

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*Page     6,     line     20     [Schedule],     at end insert—

    '(10) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament any information not available at the time when the annual report is prepared, as soon as is reasonably practicable after it becomes available.'.


   

Mr William Cash

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Title,     line     7,     after 'aid;', insert 'amend section 7 of the International Development Act 2002 to require the imposition of conditions relating to internationally supervised audit on assistance;'.


 
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