Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 192762

Developing Countries: Debts

Tabled: 6 July 2023
Answered: 11 July 2023
Named Day

Question

Fabian Hamilton

LabourLeeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help reduce debt in the global South; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require private creditor

Answer

Sir Andrew Mitchell
The UK is a leader on international debt issues. We are full participants in international debt initiatives, like Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) and Common ...

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