Aid scheme has seen ladle being transported (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
lend-lease
'aid scheme' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'seen ladle being transported' is the wordplay.
'being transported' indicates anagramming the letters.
'seen'+'ladle'='seenladle'
'seenladle' is an anagram of 'LEND-LEASE'.
'has' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lend-lease that I've seen before include "US provision of military equipment to the UK and its allies in World War II" , "WWII arrangement; ladle seen (anag.)" .)