§ Q74. Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the reply of 18 April,Official Report, column 183, given 488W by the Lord President on her behalf, whether she will make it her policy to meet any Brazilian request for the supply of four large cargo and two personnel carrying helicopters to assist in the rain forest protection programme.
§ The Prime MinisterI refer the hon. Member to the answer which my hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development gave him on 10 April, at column344. The further assistance which we are currently discussing with the Brazilian Government with respect to the protection of the rainforests is likely to be in the area of technical co-operation rather than capital aid for equipment like helicopters.