HC Deb 01 December 1980 vol 995 cc5-6W
54. Mr. Whitehead

asked the Lord Privy Seal how many British aid projects in the West Indies involve the building of luxury hotels; and on what criterion such projects are approved.

Mr. Neil Marten

Aid funds are not being used for the building of hotels. In a number of cases they are used to finance physical infrastructure which helps the development of tourism, and the criterion is the benefit to the social and economic development of the countries in question.