§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the likely debt relief gained by the least-developed countries eligible for assistance under the Chancellor's Trinidad terms.
§ Mr. Maples[holding answer 12 December 1990]: If all bilateral official creditors were to cancel two thirds of the stock of debt owed by the 19 countries that have previously benefited from Toronto terms this would reduce the total stock of debt owed by these countries by about $18 billion.