§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's response to the Council of Europe's European public campaign on North-South interdependence and its solidarity colloquy entitled "Interdependence and Cultural Development", organised by the secretary-general of the Council of Europe in the framework of the World Decade for Cultural Development, held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 7–8 April 1988; and what input Her Majesty's Government have made to this colloquy.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe Government supported the aims of the Council of Europe's campaign and gave it a grant of £70,000. The Government also met the expenses of the British representative to the European organising committee. In February last year I addressed a round table on developing country debt organised as part of the campaign. The Government made no input to the colloquy on interdependence and cultural development, which took place in Lisbon last April.