§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral answer of the Minister for Overseas Development on 9 December,Official Report, column 607, on East Timor, what review has taken place of the United Kingdom aid programme to Indonesia.
§ Mrs. ChalkerAs far as new commitments are concerned, following the shootings in East Timor on 12 November, we concluded that projects already agreed would continue as planned.
We also concluded that projects under our technical assistance programme should continue to be developed as planned. The next major such project is in support of primary education.
As for capital aid, the second concessional loan with Indonesia expired in August 1991. No decisions have been made about a successor agreement.