HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 c628W
26. Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the scope and role of the know-how fund. [8383]

Clare Short

The know-how fund has been and remains a provider of flexible and timely technical assistance to central and eastern Europe and central Asia. I am reviewing its activities as part of the process leading up to the publication of a White Paper in the autumn, to ensure that it is fully consistent with my Department's objectives.