§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who will pay for the European Commission offices to be set up in Edinburgh or Cardiff.
§ Mr. HattersleyExpenditure on European Commission information offices is borne on the Commission budget.
1970 1971 1972 1973 £ £ £ £ Tanzania … … … 1,231,700 1,112,000 1,289,900 1,275,500 Zambia … … … — — 343,700 151,400 In addition, loans made to the Government of Zambia to assist with compensation payments to overseas officers were written off as follows: 1973,£3,000,000.
Finally, in 1973 the Government of Zambia drew£448,000 of a£1 million loan made by Her Majesty's Government to cover the cost of transport equipment