HC Deb 11 April 2002 vol 383 c612W
Dr. Desmond Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made towards the 2015 targets for reducing world poverty. [44496]

Hilary Benn

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Richmond Park on 4 July 2001.

In addition at the UN conference on Financing for Development in Mexico, the European Union announced a commitment to increase average Official Development Assistance as a proportion of gross national income to 0.39 per cent. by 2006 an increase of $7 billion.