HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 cc323-4W
Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the recommendations from the Overseas Development Administration's fundamental expenditure review which(a) will and (b) will not be implemented indicating the criteria used to select those recommendations which will be implemented. [32702]

Mr. Hanley

My right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development confirmed on 10 June in another place,Official Report, House of Lords, column 147 that the Government have accepted and are implementing most of the recommendations of the fundamental expenditure review. She listed the few exceptions.

Each recommendation was considered against our development and foreign policies, whether it would enable us to pursue better key objectives and whether operational efficiency and effectiveness would be improved.