HC Deb 21 July 1981 vol 9 c76W
Mr. Bulmer

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will give details of Her Majesty's Government's pledge of assistance for Turkey for 1981 made at the recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development meeting.

Mr. Neil Marten

Her Majesty's Government pledged a sum of £15 million, the same amount as in 1979 and 1980. The loan agreement covering the pledge was signed in Ankara on 20 July and is in the form of non-military programme aid tied to British goods. Its terms are a 6 per cent. rate of interest over 25 years with a grace period of five years.