Third-world Debt

HC Deb 25 April 2001 vol 367 c302W

21. Mr. Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on discussions with the US Administration on third-world debt. [157664]

Clare Short

I expect to meet members of the new US Administration to discuss debt issues when I am in Washington later this month for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. My officials maintain regular contact with their US counterparts.