§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his responsibility for the work of the Commonwealth Institute in Scotland.
§ Mr. BaldrySection 5(2) of the Imperial Institute Act 1925 established a board of governors for the purpose of carrying on the management of the institute under the responsible Minister, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary. The chairman of the Commonwealth Institute, Scotland, is a member of the board of governors of the Commonwealth Institute.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests he has received regarding his future role in the continued functioning of the Commonwealth Institute in Scotland and from whom; and what response he gave.
§ Mr. BaldryOn 28 April 1994, the chairman of the Commonwealth Institute, Scotland requested that the Government provide an annual core grant of £116,000 after March 1996. My noble Friend Baroness Chalker of Wallasey informed the chairman on 17 July 1994 that the Government could not meet his request, but that there would be no objection from the Government to the Commonwealth Institute, Scotland requesting the board of the institute in London to make available post-1996 a proportion of its funding.