HC Deb 13 October 1976 vol 917 cc123-4W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Minister for Overseas Development if he will make a statement on the meeting with ACP Ministers in Brussels in July 1976; and if he will explain why this meeting was held in Brussels and not in Fiji as originally intended.

Mr. Prentice

As regards the outcome of the meeting, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him on 26th July.

It was appropriate to hold the first meeting under the Lomé Convention in Brussels because the last such meeting under the Yaoundé Convention took place in the capital of one of the States

during the period covered by the convention; it also provides that the programmes are to be flexible and subject to review. The programming discussions are confidential and are still going on.