§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what correspondence he has had in the last three months with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on(a) setting a firm timetable for spending 0.7 per cent. of GNI on development and (b) making provision for that level of spending in the 2004 Comprehensive Spending Review; what the outcome of those discussions was; and if he will place the correspondence in the Library. [175872]
Mr. Gareth ThomasI am regularly in discussion with the Chancellor about a range of matters. In line with the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information (part 2, exemption 2) details of such confidential discussions are not normally disclosed.