HC Deb 15 July 1985 vol 83 c21W
Mr. Bowen Wells

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received the report commissioned by him from the Highlands and Islands Development Board on involving the private sector in the development of the West Indies; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Raison

The consultants' report has just been received and its proposals are now being studied. In my statement at the meeting of the Caribbean Group for Co-operation in Economic Development in Washington on 17-June, I said that we would be ready to consider with individual Governments whether some of our bilateral aid might be used to do more in the private sector.

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