§ 35. Mr. EasthamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional resources the Overseas Development Administration is making available to severely indebted countries to help them meet their bilateral debt commitments. [18761]
§ Mr. BaldryAid is not used to finance bilateral debt commitments directly. However, the United Kingdom has converted £1.1 billion of bilateral aid to grants and links its programme aid to adjustment programmes, which often involve rescheduling of other bilateral debt.