Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the Implementation Groupmeeting in Kabul on 10 and 11 April. [54597]Clare Short: The first meeting of the Implementation Group for Afghanistan's Reconstruction took place in Kabul on 10 and 11 April,hosted by the Afghan Interim Administration (AIA). The Afghan Finance Minister chaired the meeting, and discussions centred onpresentations of the recurrent budget of the AIA, the draft National Development Framework, and the establishment of practical aidco-ordination mechanisms between donors and the AIA. My Department was represented by senior officials.