HC Deb 14 July 1986 vol 101 c371W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the level of funding by other large West European countries of cultural organisations similar to the British Council.

Mr. Eggar

No western European country maintains a programme where the range of functions or the country's objectives are directly comparable to the British Council. Any statistical comparisons are therefore misleading.