HC Deb 29 October 2003 vol 412 cc289-90W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 16 October 2003,Official Report, column 334W, on Sri Lanka, if he will list the non-governmental organisations whose representatives he met in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. [134425]

Mr. MacShane

My hon. Friend the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Mike O'Brien) visited Colombo in January of this year. During his visit he met with representatives from international and national non-governmental organisations including the World Bank, UNICEF, UNHCR, United Nations Development Programme, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka First and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.