§ Sir A. Meyerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance Her Majesty's Government are prepared to give to the Malawi Government towards the construction of an army barracks in the new capital of Malawi.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeHer Majesty's Government have agreed to meet a request from the Government of Malawi for a grant of up to £1.15 million towards the cost of building barracks for a second battalion of the Malawi rifles in Lilongwe, which is to become the new capital of Malawi, on the understanding that the Malawi Government will buy military equipment of equivalent value in Britain from Malawi's own resources. Parliament will be asked to approve the necessary Supplementary Estimate for expenditure in the current financial year in due course. In the meantime, an advance will, if necessary, be sought from the contingencies fund.