§ Viscount Ullswaterasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the annual report of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy will be available.
§ Lord CheshamCopies of the foundation's annual report for 1995–96 will be placed in the Library of the House during the week beginning 22nd July. The foundation received £2.5 million from the FCO for its activities in 1995–96. With this grant it has supported 426 projects, compared with 244 last year. Its priority areas for assistance have been central and eastern Europe, central Asia and anglophone Africa, but it has also funded projects elsewhere. The foundation continues to make a valuable contribution to the promotion of democracy overseas. Projects have included work with political parties, the independent media, trade unions, human rights groups, women's groups and other non-governmental organisations involved in political development.