§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what grants and loans have been made by the Exchequer or by Government agencies to the Central African Federal and Southern Rhodesian Governments, respectively, in each year since 1953.
§ Mr. BraineAs regards grants and loans to the Federal Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a Question by the hon. Member for Greenock (Dr. Mabon) on 13th April. The £15 million loan for the Kariba Dam project made in 1955 by the Colonial Development Corporation has so far been disbursed as follows:—
£ 1956 750,000 1957 1,300,000 1958 900,000 1961 6,300,000 No Exchequer grants or loans have been made to the Government of Southern Rhodesia, but the Colonial Development Corporation made them a loan of £1 million in 1956–57 for African housing.