HC Deb 28 March 1991 vol 188 cc497-8W
Mr. Grist

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Commonwealth Development Corporation has been authorised to extend its area of operations; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Chalker

I have decided to give approval to the CDC undertaking activities in Nicaragua. This is subject to consultation between the CDC and my Department on the scale and content of the CDC's intended investment programme in that country.