§ 21. Mrs. GilroyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she had about development when she visited Tanzania in 1998. [67527]
§ Clare ShortDuring my visit in August last year, I met with the President, ministers, politicians, officials and private sector, civil society and donor representatives and outlined Britain's new development policy. I visited various programmes and urged action to tackle corruption and speedy reform of the health and education sectors, where we have a major involvement and which are vital to improve the quality of basic services and to achieve our shared goal of poverty eradication.