§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development which Ministers will represent the Government at the Microcredit summit plus five meeting in New York in November; and if she will make a statement. [71389]
§ Clare ShortI plan to attend the annual CGAP meeting in September in Morocco to join discussions on how to improve donor effectiveness in micro-finance, but I do not plan to attend the Microcredit summit as well.
DFID will be represented at the summit at official level. We have invited funding applications to enable would-be participants from developing countries to attend the event.