HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 c310W
37. Mr. Rathbone

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met the chairman of the British Council to discuss the level of Overseas Development Administration grant in aid to the council. [15274]

Mr. Hanley

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs visited the British Council on 7 February. Among other subjects, he and the chairman discussed planned funding from both wings of the FCO.