§ 23. Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a progress report on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government to fufil the policies approved by the Third United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at Santiago earlier this year.
§ Sir G. HoweWe have contributed fully to the progress made in the arrangements for developing countries to participate in discussions on international monetary reform and in multilateral trade negotiations, in the achievement of a cocoa agreement and in the agreement in principle on softer terms of aid for the least developed countries.
§ Mr. JuddIn view of the Government's declared commitment on overseas aid and the fact that at Santiago the developing countries made it plain that their interests could be served only by the reorganisation of world trade and not by charity, would it not be helpful for the Government to publish a Whie Paper setting out in detail the steps they propose to take?
§ Sir G. HoweThe Government have already published the report of the summit conference which contains a number of the commitments given in my answer. The Government will publish early next month a White Paper summarising the proceedings of and a number of the submissions made at the Santiago conference. 29 Both these documents will help to make clear the Government's attitude to the points raised by the hon. Gentleman.