asked the Prime Minister to which Minister Questions about technical assistance to overseas countries should be addressed.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary for Technical Cooperation answers Questions dealing with the provision of technical assistance to overseas countries both dependent and independent. The term technical assistance covers training in the United Kingdom and overseas; the provision of experts, administrators and other professional men and women; the provision of advisory technical and consultant services and expert missions; and the supply of equipment for training, demonstration, pilot schemes or surveys. This definition excludes all forms of capital assistance.