§ Viscount Brentfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any discussion took place at the Halifax Summit about structural adjustment and the need for re-examination of its application, particularly in the light of the decision to encourage the multilateral institutions to direct a substantially increased proportion of their resources to attack the roots of proverty.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)In addition to calling for an increase in resources directed to basic social programmes and other measures which attack the roots of poverty, the G-7 Summit communinqué underlines the importance of policies which contribute to sustainable development. Adjustment programmes are designed to support such policy reforms and their design should adequately reflect poverty reduction objectives.