§ Mr. J. Rodgersasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation whether he will make a statement on financial assistance for the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.
§ Mr. VosperYes. It has been decided, subject to parliamentary authority for the expenditure, to increase the British contribution to the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, now merged into the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, to £156,000 for the three-year period beginning on 1st August, 1963, in recognition of the importance of the Faculty as the only establishment in the world where post-graduate instruction in tropical agriculture can be given in a tropical environment.
This will bring the total British contribution to the Faculty since August, 1958, to £391,000.