International Development written question – answered at on 3 March 2010.
Clare Short
Independent Labour, Birmingham, Ladywood
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will propose a joint commitment by the UK and South Africa to implement the extractive industries transparency initiative.
Michael Foster
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
The UK Government supports the extractive industries transparency initiative (EITI) and collaborates with the EITI Board and Secretariat to promote the adoption and implementation of the initiative by resource rich countries. The EITI Chairman, Peter Eigen, has recently written to President Zuma encouraging South African implementation. The UK Government have no plans to propose to the president of South Africa a joint commitment by the UK and South Africa to implement the initiative.
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