HC Deb 18 April 1988 vol 131 c290W
87. Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support Her Majesty's Government are prepared to give to the reconstruction of Sri Lanka after the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement.

Mr. Chris Patten

Britain has pledged a grant of £20 million in support of a three-year programme of reconstruction which was discussed at a special meeting of the Sri Lanka aid group in Paris last December. During my visit to Sri Lanka last month I signed an undertaking giving effect to this pledge and had useful discussions with Sri Lankan Ministers about its use.

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