§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Overseas Development Agency plans to increase the proportion of overall project aid allocated to primary education in developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe shall first wish to discuss with overseas Governments at the forthcoming world conference on education for all the proportion of our assistance they wish to commit to primary education. We shall pursue these discussions in respect of developing Commonwealth countries at the conference of 629W Commonwealth Education Ministers in Barbados later this year and with non-Commonwealth countries as opportunities arise.