Lord Dholakia
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Commonwealth: Young Entrepreneurs
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Monday 24th November 2014
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Lord Dholakia (LD)
My Lords, will my noble friend also have a word with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat to ensure that it promotes such activities so that other Commonwealth nations can benefit? Not only could they learn from us but we could learn quite a lot from some of the Commonwealth countries.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
My Lords, certainly we are actively engaged with the Commonwealth Secretariat. The UK is the largest funder of the Commonwealth Secretariat and also the largest supporter of its youth fund.