§ Lorna FitzsimonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the procedure for drawing up the agenda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings; and when the agenda for the next meeting will be(a) determined and (b) published. [90109]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe agenda for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is initially drawn up by the host Government in consultation with the Commonwealth Secretariat. This provisional agenda is596W then circulated to all Heads of Government for comment. We understand that a provisional agenda for the forthcoming CHOGM, in November in South Africa, will be circulated in September. However, the South African Government have already proposed that the agenda be centred around the special theme of "People-Centred Development: The Challenge of Globalisation".