Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

No. This motion is to be referred to the committee without debate. In our view there should be a comprehensive debate on aid and trade in this House. People demonstrated their interest in this matter during the Jubilee 2000 campaign, which culminated in a substantial petition, and during the subsequent Make Poverty History campaign, which urged conditions-free debt cancellation and fair trade with developing countries. The motion should be debated comprehensively here and not referred to the committee without debate.

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