Un 0.7% Gnp Target For Development Assistance

EDM number 386 in 2001-02, proposed by John Battle on 08/11/2001.

That this House welcomes the commitment by international institutions and the UK Government to the goal of halving the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015; notes with extreme concern the warnings of the World Bank and others that without significantly increased development assistance many countries will fail these goals; recognises that the economic consequences of the tragic events of 11th September will have severe and adverse impacts on developing countries; draws attention to the fact that the countries of sub-Saharan Africa already lag far behind other developing nations in poverty reduction and will need greater sustained assistance to achieve their development goals; applauds the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Denmark for consistently achieving the UN 0.7 per cent. GNP target over many years, and congratulates Luxembourg for achieving the target in 2000 and Portugal and Ireland for setting dates to achieve the target, in 2006 and 2007 respectively; believes that successful poverty reduction is an essential foundation of stability in an increasingly globalised world and that the UK's advocacy with other donors that lag behind the 0.7 per cent. target will be significantly enhanced if we lead by example; and therefore calls on the Government to make a firm commitment to achieve the UN 0.7 per cent. target for overseas development assistance by 2012 and adopt an intermediate target of 0.4 per cent. by 2006.

This motion has been signed by a total of 242 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	08/11/2001	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Archy Kirkwood	08/11/2001	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/11/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Chris Mullin	08/11/2001	Sunderland South	Labour	Seconded
Jenny Tonge	08/11/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tony Baldry	08/11/2001	Banbury	Conservative	Seconded
Tom Clarke	08/11/2001	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	08/11/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	08/11/2001	Workington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	08/11/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sue Doughty	08/11/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	08/11/2001	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	08/11/2001	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	08/11/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	08/11/2001	Selby	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	08/11/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Steve Webb	08/11/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Casale	08/11/2001	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	08/11/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	08/11/2001	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	08/11/2001	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	08/11/2001	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/11/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	08/11/2001	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	08/11/2001	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	08/11/2001	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann McKechin	08/11/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	08/11/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	08/11/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Oaten	08/11/2001	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	09/11/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/11/2001	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/11/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	12/11/2001	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/11/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Brennan	12/11/2001	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	12/11/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/11/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/11/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	13/11/2001	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	13/11/2001	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/11/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	13/11/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	13/11/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/11/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	13/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	13/11/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/11/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Hywel Williams	13/11/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony Worthington	13/11/2001	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	13/11/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	13/11/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Palmer	13/11/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	13/11/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Llew Smith	13/11/2001	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	13/11/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	13/11/2001	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/11/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/11/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	13/11/2001	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/11/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	13/11/2001	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/11/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Gibson	14/11/2001	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	14/11/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	14/11/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Tynan	14/11/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Brian White	14/11/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	14/11/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	14/11/2001	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	14/11/2001	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	14/11/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/11/2001	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	14/11/2001	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/11/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	14/11/2001	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	14/11/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/11/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	15/11/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/11/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/11/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John Mann	15/11/2001	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/11/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	15/11/2001	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	15/11/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Laws	16/11/2001	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/11/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	19/11/2001	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	19/11/2001	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	19/11/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/11/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/11/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/11/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	20/11/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	22/11/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	22/11/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	22/11/2001	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	26/11/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	27/11/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	28/11/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	29/11/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/11/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	30/11/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/11/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/12/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/12/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	05/12/2001	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
John Austin	06/12/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	11/12/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	12/12/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	12/12/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	12/12/2001	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	12/12/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	12/12/2001	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Helen Jackson	12/12/2001	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	12/12/2001	North Down	UUP	Signed
Jon Trickett	13/12/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	13/12/2001	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	13/12/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	13/12/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraint Davies	13/12/2001	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/12/2001	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	13/12/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	13/12/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	13/12/2001	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	17/12/2001	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Julia Drown	17/12/2001	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	17/12/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	17/12/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	17/12/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/12/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	17/12/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	17/12/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	18/12/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	18/12/2001	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
John McFall	18/12/2001	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/12/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	19/12/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	19/12/2001	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Matthew Taylor	19/12/2001	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	19/12/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	19/12/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/12/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	19/12/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	19/12/2001	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Thurso	08/01/2002	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	08/01/2002	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Hugh Bayley	08/01/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	08/01/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Iain Coleman	08/01/2002	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	08/01/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	08/01/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/01/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	08/01/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Jimmy Wray	09/01/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/01/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Boris Johnson	11/01/2002	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Oona King	16/01/2002	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	17/01/2002	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/01/2002	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	18/01/2002	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	21/01/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	21/01/2002	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Alex Salmond	21/01/2002	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Robertson	22/01/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	23/01/2002	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/01/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Lembit	24/01/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	28/01/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	28/01/2002	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	28/01/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	29/01/2002			Signed
Mark Fisher	30/01/2002	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	31/01/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	31/01/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Marshall	31/01/2002	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	31/01/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy King	01/02/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	05/02/2002	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	06/02/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	11/02/2002	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	12/02/2002	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	12/02/2002	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	12/02/2002	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Patsy Calton	13/02/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	14/02/2002			Signed
John Pugh	14/02/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	25/02/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	25/02/2002	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	25/02/2002	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Paul Daisley	25/02/2002	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	25/02/2002	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	25/02/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Tom Watson	25/02/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	26/02/2002	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	04/03/2002	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	06/03/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	06/03/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	06/03/2002	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Shaun Woodward	07/03/2002	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	08/03/2002	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Amess	08/03/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	15/03/2002	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/03/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	18/03/2002	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	18/03/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	19/03/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/03/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Mercer	20/03/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	26/03/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	03/04/2002	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	10/04/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tom Cox	10/04/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	10/04/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/04/2002	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Lucas	10/04/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/04/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	10/04/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Laurence Robertson	11/04/2002	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Tony McWalter	11/04/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eddie McGrady	15/04/2002	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Keith Vaz	16/04/2002	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/04/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	18/04/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	18/04/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Iain Luke	23/04/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
James Purnell	07/05/2002	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	08/05/2002	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/05/2002	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	09/05/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Wayne David	09/05/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	16/05/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	23/05/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Hume	24/05/2002	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Louise Ellman	11/06/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Derek Conway	08/07/2002	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Mike O'Brien	Unknown			Withdrawn

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