International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006

The International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 (c 31) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006[1]
Long titleAn Act to require the Secretary of State to report annually on total expenditure on international aid and on the breakdown of such aid, and in particular on progress towards the target for expenditure on official development assistance to constitute 0.7 per cent of gross national income; to require such reports to contain information about expenditure by country, about the proportion of expenditure in low income countries and about the effectiveness of aid expenditure and the transparency of international aid; and for connected purposes.
Citation2006 c 31
Dates
Royal assent25 July 2006
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Baroness Whitaker said that the purpose of the Act is to ensure that the promises made by the Government at the 31st G8 summit, and any future promises, are kept.[2]

This Act is amended by articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043)

References

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  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 9(1) of this Act.
  2. ^ Hansard (House of Lords), vol. cols. 1421 to 1422. 29 July 2006.
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