HC Deb 18 January 1994 vol 235 c458W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what preparations Her Majesty's Government have made for the 1995 World summit for social development in Copenhagen; and what progress has been made on the UN proposals for the establishment of a national committee on the summit.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The United Kingdom intends to participate fully and constructively in preparations for the World summit for social development to ensure that it is a success. We are holding inter-departmental discussions to formulate the United Kingdom's approach to the summit, and have submitted a national report to the summit secretariat in New York to feed into the preparatory process.

We have no plans at present to establish a national committee on the summit. We will review this question following the first preparatory committee of the summit in February.

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