DEBT RELIEF

Early day motion 35, tabled 23 November 2004 by Alan Duncan (Conservative). Signed by 111 members.

That this House notes with concern that a billion people live in abject poverty; recognises the importance of the Millennium Development Goals in alleviating poverty and suffering in the developing world; further recognises the opportunity that the cancellation of Third World debt offers poor countries for progress in poverty reduction; and therefore calls on the Government and the international community to do more to reform the HIPC debt cancellation process while seeking assurances that revenues received by poor countries in cancelled debt are spent appropriately.

Signatures by party: Conservative 60, Liberal Democrat 26, Labour 12, DUP 4, Plaid Cymru 3, UUP 3, Independent 1, Independent Conservative 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.