§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the estimated costs to his Department of carrying out the accepted recommendations of the Select Committee reports for the year March 1985 to March 1986.
§ Mr. EggarThe accepted recommendations of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs' second report on famine in Africa were generally in line with existing Government policy and did not result in any additional costs.
The fourth report on overseas programme expenditure 1985–86 contained two accepted recommendations. The conclusions of the review of the way the FCO is charged by the British Airports Authority for VIP lounges are still under negotiation. The review of Government-funded award schemes for overseas students, which was published in December 1985, had no specific cost implications.