HC Deb 08 July 1999 vol 334 c596W
Lorna Fitzsimons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Foreign Policy Centre's recent report on Reinventing the Commonwealth. [90112]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

We share the view of the Foreign Policy Centre and other organisations that the role of the Commonwealth in the 21' century needs careful re-examination, particularly in order to ensure that its values, objectives and principles are more widely understood and shared. We consider the Centre's report a useful contribution to the debate.