HC Deb 17 July 1989 vol 157 cc10-1W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current rate of additional Lomé aid provided by the European Investment bank.

Mr. Chris Patten

Under the third Lomé convention the European Investment bank agreed to make loans from its own resources of up to 1,100 million ecu (about £750 million). Commitments up to 30 June 1989 totalled some 490 million ecu (about £330 million).

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