International Labour Organisation

Lord Tebbit Excerpts
Tuesday 5th April 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Verma Portrait Baroness Verma
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My Lords, the noble Lord does not seem to understand. The point I am trying to get across is that we had the multilateral aid review because many programmes were not delivering the work that they were supposed to deliver. Therefore, particularly in these constrained times, we need to make sure that every penny we spend is spent well. The multilateral aid review considered the ILO to be one of the organisations that was not performing to its best.

Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit
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Will my noble friend consider setting up a discretionary fund, run by the Government, into which noble Lords who want to give more money to the ILO can contribute? It would be a very agreeable experience for noble Lords opposite to put their money where their mouths are.

Baroness Verma Portrait Baroness Verma
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I will leave that to noble Lords to decide.