HL Deb 11 June 1998 vol 590 cc100-1WA
Lord Randall of St. Budeaux

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What progress has been made in setting up the annual policy forum proposed in the Government's White Paper on international development.

Lord Whitty

The National Development Policy Forum will take place in Birmingham on 9 November. This will be preceded by a series of regional forums in 10 locations around the UK. The dates and locations are as follows:

Date Location
Monday 7 September Norwich
Wednesday 9 September Birmingham
Monday 14 September Bristol
Wednesday 16 September Portsmouth
Monday 21 September York
Thursday 24 September Cardiff
Monday 5 October Manchester
Wednesday 7 October Edinburgh
Tuesday 13 October Belfast
Friday 16 October London

The forum is one of a number of ways in which we are seeking to share experience and strengthen analysis of development issues across different sectors of society and to broaden public awareness. This will be an annual process and full reports of the outcome will be available.

Our current estimate of the cost is between £200,000 and £300,000.