HC Deb 08 December 1999 vol 340 c579W
21. Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the future of the aid programme to Zimbabwe. [100368]

Clare Short

The Government of Zimbabwe's policies are not focused on reducing poverty and this seriously limits our ability to work in Zimbabwe.

This means we are working to low case scenario set out in a Country Strategy Paper, published in April 1999. Copies are available in the Library of the House.