§ 27. Mr. Harold Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what the total contributions of Great Britain have been, to date, to the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation.
§ Mr. R. AllanThe total amount contributed by the United Kingdom to the budgets of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation from 1st April, 1956, to 30th June, 1960, was £138,558.
§ Mr. DaviesDoes that amount include, for instance, 5.5 million dollars scheduled by S.E.A.T.O. reports up to 1st October, 1958 for economic aid? Secondly, that amount obviously does not include the cost of contributions to the military exercises, six of which have taken place since 1954. Can we, therefore, have an accurate statement of our contributions, military and economic, say, in the OFFICIAL REPORT, in the near future?
§ Mr. AllanThe figure that I gave includes all the contributions made to the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation. What the hon. Gentleman is referring to is a much wider question of what aid we give under the Colombo Plan—
§ Mr. DaviesMilitary.
§ Mr. AllanNo, not military—what economic aid we give under the Colombo Plan. Something like £190 million has gone from this country since the war through the Colombo Plan, and some £9 million in technical aid.