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<id>28477</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>274</number>
<title>G8</title>
<proposer id="11333">Pete Wishart</proposer>
<date>2005-06-07</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the important steps taken by the United Kingdom and the European Union in speeding up the progress towards the millennium development goals; recognises however the ongoing failure of all the G8 participants to meet the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent. of gross national income to be spent on overseas development aid; notes with concern the increasing number of demands added to the promise of fulfilling the aid commitment made through UN Resolution 2626 in 1970 and reiterated in various guises since; calls on the Government to use its upcoming presidency of the EU to convince the EU Commission to drop its demand for reciprocal trade liberalisation in its new partnership agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, to withdraw its demand that water is included in the General Agreement on Trade in Services, to target a minimum of 70 per cent. of total EU development aid to the least developed countries by 2007 and to endorse fully the objectives of the Make Poverty History campaign.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11333">Pete Wishart</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Perth &amp; Perthshire North</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10274">Stephen Hepburn</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Jarrow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10754">Annette Brooke</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset &amp; North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11345">Richard Younger-Ross</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11312">Michael Weir</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Angus</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11974">James McGovern</mp>
		<date>2005-06-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11581">Julia Goldsworthy</mp>
		<date>2005-06-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falmouth &amp; Camborne</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11148">Albert Owen</mp>
		<date>2005-06-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>2005-06-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-06-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11189">Angus Robertson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Moray</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11324">Roger Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2005-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2005-06-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2005-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Respect</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10677">Sandra Gidley</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark &amp; Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10327">Gerald Kaufman</mp>
		<date>2005-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Gorton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2005-06-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2005-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2005-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10716">John Barrett</mp>
		<date>2005-07-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11783">Susan Kramer</mp>
		<date>2005-07-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11350">Sarah Teather</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11185">Alan Reid</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Argyll &amp; Bute</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10525">Alex Salmond</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banff &amp; Buchan</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11973">Stewart Hosie</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12004">Angus MacNeil</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
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