§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Minister of Overseas Development what percentage of the gross national product of the United Kingdom will overseas aid represent in each of the years 1975–76 and 1976–77 assuming a 3 per cent. annual growth rate in the gross national product.
§ Mrs. HartOn the base-line of the estimated GNP for 1974 on the assumption which my hon. Friend has suggested of a 3 per cent. annual growth rate, the net aid programme, after the reductions announced in the Budget Statement would, if fully disbursed, represent 0.39 per cent. of assumed GNP in each of the two years 1975–76 and 1976–77.