Sustainable Development: World Summit

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:09 pm on 28 February 2002.

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Photo of Lord Avebury Lord Avebury Liberal Democrat 3:09, 28 February 2002

My Lords, does the Minister agree that there is an element of incompatibility between the priorities that the European Union has announced for the G8 Summit and its own aid programme? What measures are the Government taking to persuade the European Union to realign its aid programme so that it fits in particular with the objective of poverty eradication by diverting aid from richer countries in the third world to the poorest?