HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 c508W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will publish the latest draft of the multilateral agreement on investment, and place a copy in the Library. [10653]

Clare Short

[pursuant to her reply, 28 July 1997, c. 56]: The Department of Trade and Industry leads on this agreement. My hon. Friend the Minister for Small Firms, Trade and Industry told the House on 23 July that the report that was presented to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ministers in May 1997 on the progress of the multilateral agreement on investment is to be placed in the Library of both Houses.