§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the total interest payments on the external debts of the least developed countries as a percentage of all official development assistance to this category of countries.
§ Mrs. ChalkerAccording to recent OECD figures, total interest payments made in 1988 by countries classified by the United Nations as least developed were US$2.2 billion. Official development assistance to this group of countries on a net basis—that is, after subtracting principal payments on concessional loans was US$13.9 billion. Figures for previous years, and provisional figures for 1989, are similar.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries within the least developed country category that Britain has been able to assist to date through implementation of the Paris club Toronto terms; and if he will make a statement on the debt relief gained by these countries.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe countries within the United Nations least developed category which have so far rescheduled debt in the Paris club on concessional "Toronto Terms"
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Year Per cent. 1979 77 1980 67 1981 67 1982 70 1983 66 1984 61 1985 63 1986 71 1987 70 1988 69 1989 Not yet available