HC Deb 29 November 1989 vol 162 c254W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if h has any plans to increase overseas aid to Sri Lanka.

Mrs. Chalker

Aid disbursements were £19.2 million in 1988–89, but will be less this year. We have plans for a number of new projects including some in the natural resources sector and further assistance with reconstruction, but some of these have been or are being held up due to civil disturbances in the country.