HL Deb 12 May 2000 vol 612 c241WA
Lord Ahmed

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What plans they have to relieve Pakistan's debts to Britain. [HL2309]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

In January 1999, in view of Pakistan's economic difficulties, the UK together with other sovereign creditors, agreed to reschedule 3.3 billion dollars of Pakistan's debts falling due in 1999 and 2000.