§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, in the context of the new round of World Trade Organisation negotiations, they will support a "development focus" to correct imbalances following the Uruguay Round, which affected special and differential treatment measures originally designed to favour Net Food Importing Developing Countries. [HL4212]
§ The Minister for Science, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)Her Majesty's Government are committed to ensuring that a new comprehensive round of negotiations in the WTO will have a clear development agenda which addresses the needs and priorities of developing countries, enabling them to respond to the opportunities offered by further liberalisation and to cope with associated adjustment costs.