U.N.I.C.E.F

HC Deb 18 June 1956 vol 554 cc62-3W

71. Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund has at its recent sessions approved important projects for saving child life in the British Colonies involving an expenditure of over £1 million sterling; and whether he will reconsider the current grant from United Kingdom funds of £200,000 a year to this international fund.

Lord John Hope

No. The sums allocated at the recent session of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Executive Board for expenditure in the British Colonies amounted to £135,815. The figure of over £1 million quoted by the hon. Member is not in accordance with the allocations shown in the latest Report of the Executive Board.

I explained in my speech in the Adjournment debate on 28th. February the reasons for the decision of Her Majesty's Government to maintain their contribution to U.N.I.C.E.F. at £200,000.