§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will publish in the Official Report a table showing the names of each of the members of the Commonwealth which are and which are not parties to the Lomé Agreement, together with their respective populations and the totals for each category, together with a list of trade agreements concluded by the non-signatories of the Lomé Agreement with the EEC.
§ Mrs. HartThe information requested is as follows:
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Commonwealth signatories of the EEC/ACP Convention of Lomé Country Population (000s, mid 1972*) Bahamas 171 Barbados 239 Botswana 629 Fiji 541 The Gambia 377 Ghana 9,086 Granada 95 Guyana 754 Jamaica 1,931 Kenya 12,070 Lesotho 959 Malawi 4,711 Mauritius 849 Nigeria 69,524 Sierra Leone 2,727 Swaziland 446 Tanzania 13,606 Tonga 93 Trinidad and Tobago 1,048 Uganda 10,479 Western Samoa 150 Zambia 4,515 Total 135,000 United Kingdom 55,800 Total 190,800 (* Source: World Bank Atlas)
Non-ACP Commonwealth countries Country Population (000s, mid 1972*) A. Developed Austalia 12,960 Canada 21,850 New Zealand 2,900 Total 37,710
B. Developing Bangaladesh 72,500 Cyprus 650 India 563,490 Malaysia 11,450 Malta 320 Nauru 7 Singapore 2,147 Sri Lanka 13,198 Total 663,762 Total A + B 701,472 (* Source: World Bank Atlas) With regard to the last part of the Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to the hon. Member for Bedford (Mr. Skeet) on 27th March 1975.—[Vol. 889, c. 294–5.]