Lord Oramasked Her Majesty's Government:
What contribution the United Kingdom proposed to make to the International Development Association at the recent Tokyo meeting; and on what basis that proposed contribution was calculated.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces (Lord Trefgarne)The IDA Deputies meeting in Tokyo was one in a series of negotiations about the Seventh Replenishment, and the question of contributions did not fall to be settled there. In the circumstances, no proposal was made.