§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the measures employed by the International Monetary Fund and the World bank to ensure that economic policy reforms in developing countries do not resultt in adverse social and environmental impact.
§ Mr. Nelson[holding answer 26 November 1992]:The Government strongly support the policy of the IMF and the World bank to pay full regard to the impact of adjustment programmes on the poor and the environment. The measures taken by the two institutions to achieve this are described in detail in their 1992 annual reports, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
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Table 1 Average number of inspectors 1979–1986 Division 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London (East) 13.0 13.5 9.5 9.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 12.0 London (West) 13.0 14.0 12.0 12.0 11.0 7.0 8.0 1— South East 11.0 13.0 11.0 9.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 6.0 Southern 11.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 Eastern 9.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 South West 10.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 Midlands (East) 11.5 9.5 8.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 Midlands (West) 11.5 12.0 9.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 7.0 North West (East) 11.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 80. 6.0 North West (West) 10.0 10.0 9.0 5.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 6.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 15.0 13.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 Northern 10.0 9.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 Scotland (East) 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 Scotland (West) 8.0 8.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 Wales 7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 1 Included in London (East) figure.
§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the measures taken by the United Kingdom Government to encourage British commercial banks to provide debt relief to those developing countries which have benefited from the Trinidad terms, and on the effectiveness of those measures.
§ Mr. Nelson[holding answer 26 November 1992]: The Government have supported and funded their share of the World bank's facility which supports voluntary arrangements on debt relief between debtors and banks. Two such operations have been agreed so far for Mozambique and Niger resulting in the retirement of $231 million of principal along with interest arrears totalling $90 million. The World bank expects that three further operations—for Bolivia, Guyana and Uganda—will be agreed shortly. Twelve other countries have expressed interest in taking advantage of this facility.