HC Deb 16 January 1989 vol 145 c11W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any conveniently available figures for the volume of aid to(a) Brazil, (b) Malaysia, (c) Indonesia and (d) African states to help them preserve rain forest ecosystems over any convenient period.

Mr. Chris Patten

Available information on aid commitments to projects currently under way is as follows(a) £20,000, (b) £156,000 (a regional Asian project with special relevance to Malaysia), (c) £120,000 and (d) £21.9 million. In addition, over £575,000 has been committed to people from African countries undergoing rain forest-related training in the United Kingdom in 1987–89.