HC Deb 12 May 1999 vol 331 c160W
9. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what role her Department is taking in encouraging developing countries to reduce the production and supply of illegal drugs. [82958]

Clare Short

We recently published a strategy paper on illicit drugs and the development assistance programme. It stresses the need to provide effective support to poor communities that grow narcotics so that other crops offer a better life than the proceeds of narcotic production. I have placed a copy in the Library of the House and will send one to the hon. Member.