HL Deb 08 November 1995 vol 566 cc11-2WA
Lord Brougham and Vaux

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When the Annual Report of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy will be available.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Copies of the Foundation's Annual Report for 1994/95 will be placed in the Libraries of the House this week.

The foundation received £2.2 million from the FCO for its activities in 1994/95. With this grant, it has supported 244 projects, compared with 236 projects last year. This has included a significant contribution to a wide range of media organisations in the former Soviet Union; a comprehensive programme of political party training with a range of parties throughout Central and Eastern Europe undertaken by UK political parties; and provided ongoing support to the post-electoral structures in the new South Africa.

The foundation continues to make a valuable contribution to the promotion of democracy worldwide.