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International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill

Would my hon. Friend care to note that the Corruption Bill, which is a private Member’s Bill before the House, includes a definition of the meaning of corrupt conduct? Furthermore, the Bill’s promoter is none other than the hon. Member for City of York, and its sponsors include my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry), who intervened earlier, and the promoter of this Bill, the right hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Mr. Clarke). I thus say with regret that, although there is an appreciation that the arguments that I want to advance could be advanced, the Bill that we are considering unfortunately does not do so.