HC Deb 14 November 1988 vol 140 c366W
73. Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals the Government are making to assist debt relief in Zambia.

Mr. Chris Patten

We have told the Zambians that we stand ready to cancel their outstanding aid debt and reschedule their export credit loans in the Paris Club once they have put in place an economic reform programme which has been agreed with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.