§ Mr. Woollamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken by Her Majesty's Government to make available a further contribution towards the expenses of the European Free Trade Association.
§ Mr. R. AllanThe amount of Her Majesty's Government's contribution to the European Free Trade Association for the six months from the middle of February, 1960, is now estimated at £2,000. Of this sum, £500 provided in the Supplementary Estimate to the Foreign Office Grants and Services Vote presented on the 2nd of February has been paid. The balance of £1,500 will be paid soon after the 1st of April.
Token provision has been made in the 1960–61 Foreign Office Grants and Services Estimate and Parliament will be asked in due course to vote the additional money by means of a Supplementary Estimate. In the meantime, the necessary advance is being obtained from the Civil Contingencies Fund.