HC Deb 30 November 1965 vol 721 c151W
Mr. Wall

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will make a statement about British aid for the proposed Tanzania-Zambia railway.

Mrs. Castle

The British and Canadian Governments have concluded an agreement with the Intergovernmental Ministerial Committee set up by the Governments of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia, under which a combined engineering and economic feasibility study of a Zambia-East Africa rail link will be carried out by British and Canadian firms of consultants.

The cost of this study will be £167,000. £92,000 of this will be paid by the Government of Canada and £75,000 will be paid by my Department.

The survey is expected to take six months to complete.