Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Overseas Development – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 March 1993.
Richard Ottaway
, Croydon South
12:00,
1 March 1993
I thank my hon Friend for that answer and congratulate him on the story so far, but, in view of the growing concern about population, will he support the proposal that the G7 countries allocate at least 4 per cent. of their aid programmes to population policies? Can he confirm that his Department will be leading for the Government in the run-up to the United Nations conference in Cairo next year?