HC Deb 03 December 1997 vol 302 cc239-40W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she will publish the list of countries in which her Department has assessed the UK to be not well placed to make an impact. [18952]

Mr. Foulkes

My Department has not produced such a list. The impact the UK can have in a particular country depends on a number of factors including the nature and quality of the relationship and the extent to which we share policy objectives. These may change over time and will be reviewed in our country strategy papers and in the annual resource allocation round.