HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 c507W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans the Government have for assistance with debt relief for(a) Ethiopia, (b) Burkina Faso, (c) Burundi, (d) Ghana, (e) Kenya, (f) Madagascar, (g) Mozambique, (h) Nicaragua, (i) Rwanda, (j) Zimbabwe and (k) Uganda. [11287]

Mr. Darling

I have been asked to reply.

Debt payments due to the UK arising from export credits are rescheduled in the multilateral forum of the Paris Club. Decisions on which countries qualify for debt relief, and on the amount of relief provided, are taken on a case-by-case basis. The UK has already cancelled its aid loans to six of the countries listed, and only one of the countries, Zimbabwe, now has any such loans outstanding to the UK.