§ 58. Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Lord Privy Seal what is his policy towards ensuring that the recipients of overseas aid in academic institutions overseas are selected on academic rather than political criteria.
§ Mr. Neil MartenOur policy is to ensure that all aid-funded students are academically acceptable and have the necessary potential to benefit from the proposed training. This includes those students on training courses in developing countries other than their own, and the very exceptional cases where we finance students in their country of origin.