§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will open talks with the Government of Zimbabwe, with a view to providing new locomotives and rolling stock for the Zimbabwe national railways; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Chris PattenWe are ready to consider assistance for the national railways of Zimbabwe. However, when Zimbabwean and British officials met in September to discuss priorities in the allocation of British aid, the Zimbabweans did not put forward the NRZ as an area for our involvement.