HC Deb 04 April 1989 vol 150 c16W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Her Majesty's Government hopes will emerge from Lomé IV.

Mr. Chris Patten

We hope that the current renegotiation will produce a successor to Lomé III which will continue to provide a framework for effective co-operation between the Community and the ACP states in the spheres of both trade and aid.

Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will now withdraw the British tranche to the Lomé conventions, in view of the conduct of the Ethiopian Government.

Mr. Chris Patten

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave him on 27 February at column1.