HC Deb 14 March 1986 vol 93 c601W
Sir Russell Johnston

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer on 6 February, Official Report, column 332, which Community countries made representations at official level against the United Kingdom leaving the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

Mr. Eggar

France and Germany.

Mr. Barnett

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will estimate the level of expenditure per annum by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in the United Kingdom, and the extent to which it is likely to be reduced by the decision to withdraw from that organisation.

Mr. Eggar

Details provided by UNESCO show that total purchases in 1985 amounted to about $2.8 million. It is up to UNESCO itself to decide how much to spend in the future. There is nothing in UNESCO's constitution or regulations which prevents it from purchasing in a nonmember state.