§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what position Her Majesty's Government have taken on the proposal that the World Bank should fund the Chinese Western Poverty Reduction Project; and if she will make a statement. [85664]
§ Clare ShortThe World Bank's staff appraisal report on this project became available at the end of last week and has just been received in London. It is now being studied. I will write to my hon. Friend when an assessment has been made of the merits of the proposal.