§ Mr. ParryTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much Her Majesty's Government have allocated to overseas development in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydBritain provided more than £65 million in aid to Bangladesh in the financial year 1992–93, the last year for which figures are available.
Our aid programme supports the development of Bangladesh's natural resources, its physical infrastructure and its human resources through health and family planning, education and training. We promote good government through our assistance with economic reform, and with projects to improve the efficiency and accountability of the civil service, parliament and the judiciary.
The establishment of a new aid management office in Dhaka in October 1992 has allowed us to focus our aid more effectively on Bangladesh's development priorities.