Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill Debate
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Madeleine Moon
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Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill
Madeleine Moon ExcerptsTuesday 29th November 2016
(7 years, 5 months ago)
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab)
I have seen the NAO’s report, and what concerns me is the fact that it states:
“It remains a significant challenge for CDC to demonstrate its ultimate objective of creating jobs and making a lasting difference to people’s lives in some of the world’s poorest places. Given the Department’s plans to invest further in CDC, a clearer picture of actual development impact would help to demonstrate…value for money”.
Is that not the central problem? Does it not lie at the heart of the Bill?
Stephen Doughty
Absolutely. I shall return shortly to what the NAO report actually said, as opposed to the slightly glossed-over version that we heard from the Secretary of State.