§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the countries which have now reached decision point in the highly indebted poor countries initiative. [172464]
§ Hilary Benn27 countries have reached Decision Point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. These countries are Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Of these countries, 13 have reached Completion Point. These are: Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guyana, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.