HIPC Initiative (Hansard, 27 June 2000)

HC Deb 27 June 2000 vol 352 c476W 476W

§ Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the World Bank and IMF will set up the joint committee for overseeing the implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative; and where it will be based. [127713]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
The World Bank and IMF announced the establishment of the HIPC Joint Implementation Committee on 16 April this year. The Committee is based in Washington and has had its first meeting on 22 May.