Guyana (Hansard, 20 November 1991)

§ Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid has been given to Guyana in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

§ Mrs. Chalker
Following are the figures:

£ million

1988 0.6

1989 6.6

1990 15.3

§ Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the threat to the greenheart tree in Guyana.

§ Mrs. Chalker
No such assessment has been made. Since October 1990 the bilateral aid programme has been financing a three-year research programme by Imperial college which is looking at the major problems concerning the regeneration of greenheart and other commercial timber species.

§ Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Guyanese Timber Company has received in World bank grants.

§ Mrs. Chalker
The World Bank approved a $10 million loan in October 1978 and a supplementary IDA loan of SDR8.7 million ($8.8 million) in March 1985 to the Government of Guyana for the Upper Demerara forestry project. A state-owned company, Demerara Woods, was set up to manage the project.