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Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with representatives of theGrenadan Government concerning reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Ivan. [222383]Mr. Gareth Thomas: The Secretary of State met with Prime Minister Keith Mitchell MP on Monday 21 March in London, to discussprogress on the reconstruction efforts in Grenada. DFID officials attended a regular meeting of the Government of Grenada-DonorCommunity Forum on 9 March, in Barbados. The Chief Executive of the Agency for Reconstruction and Development, Dr. RichardsonAndrews, and Senior Officials from the Ministry of Education represented the Government of Grenada at that meeting. DFID officialsmet with the Permanent Secretary in the Grenadian Ministry of Finance on Thursday 10 March in the margins of the CaribbeanDevelopment Bank Board Meeting. All these meetings are supplemented by regular contact between the Government of Grenada and FCOofficials in St. Georges, and by the continuous monitoring of our programmes in Grenada by DFID staff in the Caribbean office. |