§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what circumstances it is his practice to tie British overseas aid grants or loans under either the multilateral or the bilateral aid programme to the purchase of British goods or services.
§ Mr. EggarGoods and services funded by bilateral aid are generally British and provided by British firms. In the poorer countries generous provision is made within project aid to help meet the local costs of projects incurred within the recipient country. Part of our contribution to the World Bank's special programme for Africa, project loans and investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation, budgetary aid, food aid, debt relief and disaster relief are untied. European Community aid is lied to member states and recipient countries. Other multilateral aid is effectively untied.