§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) companies and (b) universities assessed by his Department to be assisting planning in (i) education and (ii) research in the far east; and if he will make a statement. [12023]
§ Mr. HanleyNeither this nor any other Department carries out such assessments. We do, however, welcome the involvement of British companies and universities in this kind of work.