Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has led an international delegation of bishops from Africa, Asia and Europe to 10 Downing Street to remind Tony Blair of Britain's commitment to the G8 pledges made at Gleneagles in 2005.

As Germany prepares to host the G8 summit in June, the bishops are taking part in a tour calling on the new German government to get the G8 nations back on track to meet their commitment to double aid to Africa - increasing it by $25bn a year by 2010.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor chaired Monday's meeting attended by eight senior church figures, including Archbishop Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, and Archbishop Monsengwo of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.