§ Mr. Maclennanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the president of the World Bank on 20 October.
§ Mr. Chris PattenI had a useful meeting with Mr. Conable. We discussed a number of important issues, including the possibility of a new general capital increase42W to increase the lending capacity of the bank; the current negotiations for the eighth replenishment of the International Development Association; and the environmental aspects of the bank's development projects and programmes.