Westminster Foundation for Democracy

HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc516-7W

Mr. Bates

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the annual report of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy will be placed in the Library.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Copies of the foundation's annual report for 1993–94 were placed in the Libraries of the House today.

In its second year, with funding of £2 million, the foundation supported 236 projects, compared with 140 last year. They ranged from the provision of transistors to Belgrade's independent TV station, Studio B, to funding a field worker to provide voter education in Soweto prior to the South African elections. The cost of individual projects ranged from £300 to £60,000 but most were in the range of £5,000 to £15,000.

We welcome the diversity of the foundation's projects and its commitment to continuous improvement in the already high degree of its cost-effectiveness.