§ Mr. Roger KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any change has been agreed in the 1988–89 cash limits for the Overseas Development Administration.
§ Mr. Chris PattenSubject to parliamentary approval of the summer supplementary estimate, the cash limit for the overseas aid vote (class II, vote 5) will be increased from £1,221,114,000 to £1,223,114,000. This increase covers the higher level of contribution to the International Monetary Fund enhanced structural adjustment facility announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14 December 1987, at column371. The increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.