§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will outline the current extent of United Kingdom overseas aid in respect of irrigation projects in the Third world; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonThe latest available information relates to expenditure in 1983 and is as follows:
Bilateral Programme £ Bangladesh Pumps for deep tubewells 172 Guyana Tapakuma irrigation 757,378 Honduras Drilling rig for agricultural water 83,842 Indonesia Madura groundwater 158,722 Indonesia Kediri irrigation 551 Indonesia Krueng Jreve and Baro irrigation 36,654 Kenya Bura irrigation 558,520 Malawi Hara irrigation headworks 1,044 Mauritius Northern Plains 12,554 Mauritius Northern Plains consultancy 64,454 Pakistan Salinity control (SCARP VI)* 1,856,325 Sri Lanka 5 Tanks irrigation 175,982 Thailand Groundwater project 92,500 3,798,698 Commonwealth Development Corporation Mauritius Irrigation authority projects 150,000 Swaziland Swaziland irrigation scheme 1,257,000 1,407,000 Overall total £5,205,698 * Salinity Control and Reclamation Project.