§ The Earl of Sandwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How the Department of Trade and Industry will be consulted in advance of the White Paper on International Development.
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanThe Department of Trade and Industry is represented on a White Paper steering group comprising officials from the Department for International Development and other Whitehall Departments. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development is also consulting the President of the Board of Trade and other ministerial colleagues on the contribution of their departments to the paper.