International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:30 am ar 11 Tachwedd 2014.
David Crausby
Llafur, Bolton North East
With this it will be convenient to discuss Government Amendment 8.
Michael Moore
Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
I hope that the amendments are relatively straightforward, dealing as they do with a deficiency in the original drafting, for which I take full responsibility and apologise to colleagues. It is proposed in Amendment 7 that the commencement of the Bill should be two days before my 50th birthday, on 1 June 2015, and that the territorial extent of the legislation should be to the whole of the United Kingdom. I hope that colleagues will support both amendments.
Desmond Swayne
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
I am not sure that I can add anything to that exposition. It is important that we state clearly when the Bill will commence. The commencement date will give time for the new commissioners to be in place, but will still allow plenty of time for the objectives of the Bill to be met in the next calendar year. With respect to the territorial extent of the Bill, international development is a reserved matter because it is done at scale and it is more effective if we can act in a united way across the kingdom.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
