HL Deb 17 April 1989 vol 506 c682WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will instruct the United Kingdom representative on the board of the world bank to call for publication of a report to the world bank by their consultant Mr. David Butcher, entitled A Review of Land Acquisition and Resettlement Under Four World Bank-Funded Projects.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Glenarthur)

No. Internal documents are the property of the bank, and any decision to make them available is a matter for the bank itself.