§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the objectives of the Government at the WTO mini-ministerial meeting in Sydney on 14 November. [83652]
§ Ms HewittThe Government's objective for the WTO mini-ministerial meeting, which took place in Sydney on 14 and 15 November, was to advance key development issues within the WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) including agreement on how WTO members, without sufficient manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector, can make use of compulsory licensing for essential medicines; and agreement on a package of special and differential treatment for developing countries.
The UK is represented by the European Commission in the WTO.