HC Deb 10 March 1999 vol 327 c222W
14. Mrs. Gilroy

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she held on development during her visit to Tanzania in 1998. [73844]

Clare Short

I visited Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in the world, in August 1998. I discussed a range of development issues with the President, government and opposition politicians, and private sector and civil society representatives. I outlined Britain's policy for international development, which matches closely with Tanzania's own poverty eradication strategy. We discussed the urgent need to tackle corruption and to reform the health and education sectors.