Tuesday in Parliament
Day to day spending. opening the debate, the prime minister said that despite the cut, the uk would still be among the most generous donors, spending ten billion pounds a year on aid. and it bears repeating that we are doing this in the midst of a terrible crisis, when our public finances are under greater strain than ever before in peacetime history, and every pound we stand in aid has to be borrowed. in fact, it represents not our money, but money that we are taking from future generations. we all believe in the principle that aid can transform lives, and by voting for this motion, honourabl...