Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Graham Riddick (Conservative), on Wednesday, 14 February 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 11 members in total.

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OVERSEAS AID

That this House notes the pledge by the honourable Member for Manchester, Eccles, made at a recent meeting of Afro-Caribbean and Asian representatives in Peterborough, that the Labour Party would increase funding for overseas aid by nearly three times the current budget to 0.7 per cent. of gross national product; acknowledges that currently, at over ??2 billion per annum, Britain has the fifth largest aid programme; and, since the additional cost of this pledge for taxpayers would be over ??3 billion per annum, asks which taxes would be raised or imposed to pay for it.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

433 

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Development aid Labour

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk