THE DEVELOPMENT WHITE PAPER
1. The International Development Committee reported
to the House on The Development White Paper in its Second Report
of Session 1997-98, published on Monday 22 December 1997. The
Government response to that Report was received on Wednesday 11
March 1998. It is reproduced as an Appendix to this Special Report.
2. The Development White Paper, the Committee's Second
Report of this Session, and the Government response to that Report
constitute an important body of work on development issues. We
remain concerned that there has as yet been no debate in the House
on the contents of the White Paper. This omission should be remedied
as soon as possible. If the Government genuinely attaches importance
to international development and the elimination of world poverty,
it should be willing to find parliamentary time to debate these
matters. We recommend that a debate take place in the House
as soon as possible in Government time on the contents of the
Development White Paper.
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