HC Deb 04 February 1999 vol 324 c722W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will pursue with the European Commission their decision to pay a grant of £140,000 to the convicted criminal John Davies in respect of a service to help prostitutes in Hungary; and if she will make a statement. [69195]

Clare Short

We have contacted the European Commission on this matter. We are informed that the Commission is undertaking a fraud inquiry into the payment of the funds and their alleged misuse.