HC Deb 07 February 1995 vol 254 c173W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the new division of responsibility for development and co-operation activities within the European Commission.

Mr. Baldry

Five Commissioners will share responsibility for development and co-operation activities in the new European Commission. Mr. Pinheiro will be responsible for DG VIII—African, Caribbean and Pacific countries; Mr. Mann will be responsible for DG I North/South—the Mediterranean, Asia and Latin America; Mr. van den Broek will be responsible for DG I—the PHARE and TACIS programmes for eastern and central Europe and the former Soviet Union; Ms Bonino will be responsible for emergency aid—the European Community Humanitarian Office; Mme Cresson will be responsible for research and development including that for developing countries—DG XII.

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