Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Henry Smith Excerpts
Thursday 6th December 2012

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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I am not aware that I am making any excuses whatsoever. We have made it clear that we will bring forward legislation on that, and that is still our intention.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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Argentina has consistently reneged on repaying World Bank loans worth around £10 billion. The United States Government have decided not to allow any more World Bank loans to be granted. France, Germany and even countries such as Spain have followed. May we have a statement from the Secretary of State for International Development on when the United Kingdom will refuse to grant further loans to Argentina from the World Bank?