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Lord Blunkett (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 July 2025

Debate

Tackling Unsustainable Debt

Contribution

My Lords, reinforcing the point that global co-operation and international institutions need to be not only defended but promoted in dealing with world debt and poverty, it is exactly 20 years since the Gleneagles agreement, which was reached in 2005 after the Make Poverty History campaign—one of the most successful democratic campaigns ever. Does my noble friend agree that we should celebrate that and see off those who would destroy those international conventions and institutions, and destroy how we can use our democracy to bring about change?

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