Dr. John CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions since October 1989 he has overruled the advice of his Department's accounting officer that a project being considered for aid funds should not be supported in each case, giving the reasons for his decision.
§ Mr. HurdI have given a ministerial directive to ODA's accounting officer on one occasion. I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him yesterday on the Pergau hydro-electric project.