HL Deb 25 February 1993 vol 543 c19WA
Lord Reay

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are their plans for future management of aid to the southern Africa region.

Baroness Trumpington

My noble friend the Minister for Overseas Development has announced the Government's intention to set up a new ODA development division in Pretoria, similar to those already operating successfully in other parts of the world. The British Development Division in Pretoria will help shape and run Britain's increasingly important bilateral aid programme in South Africa, and programmes in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. The new development division will be operational this summer. The development division in Lilongwe will continue to manage aid programmes in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.