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Proceeding contribution from William Cash (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 16 June 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill.

International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill

Will my hon. Friend consider the wording of the critical clauses, clauses 5 and 6? Clause 6 says"““The Secretary of State shall include in each annual report such observations as he thinks appropriate””," and the wording in clause 5 is similar. The words ““as he thinks appropriate”” are surely a let-out in law to enable the Secretary of State not to include observations that he does not want to include. That is a major defect in the Bill, because it prevents the Secretary of State from having to include material that we would regard as important.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
447 c1003 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Access Disclosure of information Accountability Debts Corruption Annual reports Developing countries Development aid Bilateral aid Freedom of information Expenditure International assistance National income Poverty Parliamentary scrutiny Politics and government Standards EU aid
Legislation
International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill 2005-06
Link
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