§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will give details of the amounts of loans, grants and other forms of economic assistance made available by Her Majesty's Government to India since she became an independent member of the Commonwealth.
§ Mr. AlportThe following are the particulars:
(A) Loans made under Section 3 of the Export Guarantees Act, tied to United Kingdom goods and services £m. 1958 for Durgapur steelworks 15 1958 for general imports 28.5 1959 for Assam pipeline 3 1959 for general imports 19 (B) 1958 Advance repayments of surplus pension funds due to India 22 (C) 1951–59 Technical Assistance costing about 1.4