§ Mr. Mark Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government will contribute to any supplementary funding which the World Bank arranges in order to increase the size of the 7th replenishment of the International Development Association from the present total of $9 billion.
§ Mr. RaisonYes. The Government have from an early stage made it clear that they favour a larger replenishment of IDA'S resources than the $9 billion agreed earlier this month in Wahington. Subject to our being able to negotiate satisfactory arrangements, we would now be prepared to make a contribution to supplementary funding on the basis of the usual equitable burden-sharing among donors. We shall be holding consultations about this with the World Bank and others during the coming weeks.