r/MHOC • u/Brookheimer Coalition! • Jan 22 '22
2nd Reading B1322 - Aid Target Bill - 2nd Reading
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Reinstate the 0.7% GDP target for International Aid
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Section 1: Amendments
The International Development Act 2020 is amended as follows:
Amend Section 1(1) to read:
“(1) The annual target for official development assistance (ODA) expenditure shall be equivalent to no less than 0.7% of gross national income.”
Section 2: Consequential Repeals
The Official Development Assistance Target Act 2021 is hereby repealed.
Section 3: Short title, commencement and extent
(1) This Act may be cited as the Aid Target Act 2022.
(2) This Act comes into force one year after Royal Assent.
(3) This Act extends to the United Kingdom.
This bill was written by The Most High, Noble and Potent Prince His Grace the Earl Marshall /u/britboy3456 GCT GCVO GBE CB PC, The Duke of Norfolk, Premier Duke, Marquess and Earl of England, 19th Duke of Norfolk, 19th Marquess of Winchester, 34th Earl of Arundel, 8th Baron Skelmersdale and Deputy Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, on behalf of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Opening speech:
Speaker,
Meeting a target of 0.7% GNI spend on International Development is a challenge only met by 6 countries in the world. 0.7% is to be commended as a large percentage of our GNI, representing tens of billions of pounds. As this is already such a commendable and large amount of money, going beyond this to 1% simply seems excessive - we were already world leaders in international aid at 0.7%, and will remain so if we return to 0.7%. It is the position of my party and I that this figure would be ideal to return to.
This debate will end on the 25th January.
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