§ 57. Mr. Haleasked the Lord Privy Seal what is the amount of Her Majesty's Government's present contribution to the help of Algerian refugees; and whether, in view of the fact that several millions of women and children are now displaced and suffering, he will consider an increase.
§ Mr. HeathHer Majesty's Government have made a number of contributions to the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees' programme for the relief of refugees from Algeria, and details of these, and of the mobile nursing unit provided by Her Majesty's Government, were given by my noble Friend the Minister of State in another place on 15th November. Since then Her Majesty's Government have decided to make a further gift of 20,000 blankets to the Algerian Government at an approximate cost, including transport, of £10,000; and for this gift Parliament will in due course be asked to provide funds by means of a Supplementary Estimate. In the meantime, an advance will be obtained from the Civil Contingencies Fund as required.