When I think of the old phrase "charity begins at home", I recognise that it has little meaning for the Government at home or abroad. We see again the hallmark of the Government, its broken promises, of which we have had a series since the general election of May 2002. The people were forced to swallow the bitter pill of a series of cutbacks which will affect the weakest and most vulnerable here at home, while there is evidence that the funding cutbacks are also affecting underdeveloped countries.