Fulbright Scholarship Programme: Funding

Debate between Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Lord Henley

Monday 22nd November 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord Henley]

I thank the noble Lord for his contribution. I am grateful that although he is not a Fulbright scholar he has chosen to intervene, and that there are still four more who can.

[Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]

On a slightly different topic, can the noble Lord say, as a non-recipient, whether he will continue to fund the Chevening scholarships?

[Lord Henley]

My Lords, that is a matter for the Foreign Office, but obviously I am answering for Her Majesty’s Government as a whole. I understand that there is still a commitment from the Foreign Office to continue in that field.