§ 129. Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's aid to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe Government are supporting British NGO activities in both Cambodia and Vietnam. We are also funding humanitarian aid programmes administered by international agencies in Vietnam. We have no bilateral aid programme to Laos. In Thailand we have a technical
Net official development assistance from G7 countries 1979—1989 (£ million) Country 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 United Kingdom 1,016 798 1,081 1,028 1,063 1,070 1,184 1,185 1,160 1,485 1,577 Canada 498 462 586 684 942 1,216 1,258 1,156 1,150 1,318 1,289 France 1,626 1,789 2,060 2,305 2,515 2,835 3,082 3,482 3,982 3,854 4,715 Germany 1,599 1,533 1,569 1,801 2,094 2,082 2,269 2,613 2,679 2,656 3,152 Italy 129 294 328 463 550 848 847 1,639 1,596 1,793 2,007 Japan 1,265 1,441 1,564 1,727 2,479 3,232 2,929 3,842 4,480 5,128 5,794 United States of America 2,208 3,069 2,851 4,686 5,327 6,518 7,253 6,523 5,458 5,693 4,490