HC Deb 19 June 1980 vol 986 cc599-600W
Mr. Welsh

asked the Lord Privy Seal what British proposals have been put forward to the Development Council of the European Economic Community concerning aid to non-associates.

Mr. Neil Marten

[pursuant to his reply, to a supplementary question by the hon. Member, 16 June 1980, c. 1122–23]: The list is as follows :

Projects proposed by the United Kingdom to the Commission (The Commission has expressed a definite interest in those projects marked with an asterisk.)

Bolivia : Bolivian geological service (Geobol): Aerial geophysical survey of NE Bolivia.

Costa Rica : New library for agricultural research centre*.

Yemen Arab Republic : TC for technical training institute*.

Sri Lanka : Water supply project.

Bangladesh : Cotton development*, Livestock development*, Pesticide disposal, Forestry development, Rice project*, Coastal fisheries. Edible oils project*, Tea gasification (for drying tea), Dacca leather complex.

1980 Projects already approved

Nepal : Livestock development.

Thailand : Co-operatives training.

Nicaragua : Rural planning and development.