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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

 

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Page  4,  line  4  [Clause  7],  at end insert ‘sustainable development’.

 


 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Philip Davies

 

Mr Anthony Steen

 

Not called  5

 

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


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 16th June 2006                

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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.’.

 



 
 

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Mr Christopher Chope

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Philip Davies

 

Mr Anthony Steen

 

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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;’.

 

Bill read the third time on division, and passed.

 


 
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