§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about aid to Bangladesh.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydBritain provided £56 million in aid to Bangladesh in 1991. Our aid programme supports development of the country's natural resources, its physical infrastructure and its human resources through health and population, education and training. We promote good government through our assistance with economic reform, and improvements to the efficiency and accountability of public services. We have established a new aid management office in Dhaka, staffed by a multi-disciplinary team, which will allow us to focus our aid still more effectively on Bangladesh's development priorities.