Nicholas Soames: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's objectives are for the reform of the International Monetary Fund. [37015]

Mark Hoban MP, Financial Secretary: The Chancellor set out his objectives for the reform of the IMF in his statement at the October 2010 IMF Annual Meetings, available at:

http://www.imf.org/external/am/2010/speeches/pr49e.pdf

The Chancellor also discussed the role of the IMF in his recent speech in Paris on 6 January this year, available at:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/speech_chx_060111.htm