§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in how many cases Lord Pearce or his special Commission arranged private meeting places for witnesses.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeThe Pearce Commission held meetings in accordance with whatever arrangements were requested by those who wished to give
Net Total Overseas Aid Main Estimates 1972–73 £ £ Class II, 2. Foreign and Commonwealth Services: C. 12. Central African Pension Fund … … … … … 142,406 C.13. Anguilla: Expenses of H.M. Commissioner's Administration … 80,000 E.1. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Grant in Aid) … … … … … … 1,875,000 E.2. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Grant in Aid) 180,000 E.18. United Nations Educational and Training Programmes for Southern Africa (Grant in Aid) … … … … … … … 50,000 2,327,406 Class II, 5. Overseas Aid (International): Total Estimate constituting direct public expenditure … … … 195,721,000 Less: Items not classified as overseas aid—Subheads M1, M2, M3 and N 2,013,700 193,707,300 Class II, 6. Overseas Aid (General Services): Total Estimate … … … … … … … … 38,962,000 Less: Amount not classified as overseas aid—Subhead A (Part) … 250,000 38,712,000 Class IV, 13. Export Credits (Special Guarantees etc.): Subhead C (Part). Acquisition of Guaranteed securities … … … 1,999,990 Class VI, 5. Civil Accommodation Services etc., United Kingdom: Subhead A (Part). New works on specialised buildings … … … 545,000 Class XI, 3. Pensions, etc. (Overseas Services): Subhead A. Superannuation and other payments to and in respect of certain Overseas pensioners and their dependants (1) (2) (Part) … 11,570,000 Subhead E. Other Superannuation payments Parts (2) to (5) and (8) … 1,614,880 Subhead F. Pensions etc., on Account of Service at the Central Office of the Overseas Audit Department … … … … … … 18,000 Subhead Z. Appropriations in Aid Part (1) Recoveries from the Federal Republic of Nigeria in respect of pensions, compensation etc. (Subhead A(1) and (2)) … … … … … … … … … 200,000 13,002,880 The net investment by the Commonwealth Development Corporation and the cashing on the National Loan Fund of promissory notes, issued to the International Development Association under the International Development Association Act, 1964, estimated at £16.3 million and £2.7 million, respectively, are also classified as overseas aid.
Further provision will be sought in Supplementary Estimates.
I am considering how best to provide similar information in future.
394Wevidence. The procedures adopted are described in the report and I have no further information about them.