HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 c601W
22. Mr. Ruffley

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations her Department made to the IMF regarding levels of third world indebtedness. [147660]

Clare Short

The UK works closely with the IMF and the World bank in implementing the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Last week, 1 met the Managing Director, Horst Kohler, and the World bank President, Jim Wolfensohn, to discuss debt and other development issues.