HC Deb 15 June 1998 vol 314 c7W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what has been the total UK contribution under(a) bilateral and (b) multilateral agreements in respect of Amazonian environmental programmes in (i) 1997–98 and (ii) the current year; and if she will make a statement. [45391]

Mr. Foulkes

Total UK contributions in respect of Amazonian environmental programmes in 1997/98 were:

  1. (a) bilateral—£2.34 million;
  2. (b) multilateral (G7 Pilot Programme)—£0.7 million.

In the current year total projected contributions are:

  1. (a) bilateral—£2.52 million;
  2. (b) multilateral—£1.19 million.