§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures he has taken to ensure that the United Kingdom will be able to honour its share of the commitment made at the Edinburgh summit to increase European aid by 60 per cent. by the end of the decade.
§ Mr. BaldryBritish contributions to both the European development fund and the EC aid budget are charged to the United Kingdom aid programme. The levels agreed for the aid programme in this year's public expenditure survey, for the years 1995–96 to 1997–98, include provision in each year for these costs. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary would expect to put forward proposals for later years, in future public expenditure surveys, on the same basis.