§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of those countries to which aid has been granted over the past five years, indicating the amount so granted, for the planting and cultivation of tobacco and the manufacture of tobacco products, indicating the particular purposes for which the funds were used.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe information is as follows:
(a) Bilateral government-to-government aid
Belize
About £240,000 between 1975 and 1979 for a tobacco development project and a tobacco development officer.
Jamaica
£284,000 for cigarette-making machinery.
Malawi
About £50,000 since 1978 for the provision of an expert in plant breeding.
Zambia
£424,000 for machinery and tractors for tobacco production, £130,000 for spare parts for the tobacco manufacturing industry, and about £50,000 to supplement the salaries of five technical and managerial posts at the Tobacco Board of Zambia (since 1978).
(b) Commonwealth Development Corporation investments
Malawi
- (i) £2,950,000 in the Kasungu Flue-cured Tobacco Authority. CDC provides management and technical services to the Authority, which provides training and services to tobacco farmers.
- (ii) £864,000 in Standard Tobacco Packers (Malawi) Ltd., which processes tobacco for export. CDC has made a loan of £500,000 and owns 20 per cent. of the shares.
Zambia
- (i) £108,000 in the Family Farming Tobacco Project which
506 promotes the production of flue-cured tobacco by small farmers. - (ii) £123,000 in the Changanda Farm Development Company, which was a pilot scheme for the production of green leaf tobacco by small-holders: now discontinued.