HC Deb 28 July 1997 vol 299 c58W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how her Department plans to ensure that UK trade and investment policies contribute to sustainable development in poorer countries. [10439]

Mrs. Roche

My Department is working with the Department for International Development and others to consider the ways in which UK trade and investment policies can promote sustainable development. The Government's forthcoming White Paper on international development will set out the detail of policies designed to achieve that objective.