Poverty (Hansard, 3 July 1997)

HC Deb 03 July 1997 vol 297 c271W 271W

§ Mr. Goodlad
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what are her Department's targets for the number of people living in absolute poverty by 2015. [6371]

§ Clare Short
The Government is committed to the internationally accepted development target of reducing the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by half by 2015.