HC Deb 27 July 1967 vol 751 cc216-7W
90. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if he has now completed his review of the need of South Vietnam for further assistance; and if he will now announce an increase of aid in the light of the South Vietnamese Government's request for additional Colombo Plan Training places in the United Kingdom, for equipment and advisers for educational and government establishments, for help in the rehabilitation of refugees, and for expanded activities at the Saigon Children's Hospital.

Mr. Bottomley

Following the survey of which I spoke in my reply to the hon. and gallant Member on 12th May, and subject to recruitment, we are proposing to increase our paediatric team from ten to seventeen full-time personnel. We also expect to supply equipment including X-ray equipment for the new Children's Hospital block; and have said we shall welcome additional Vietnamese training requests.—[Vol. 746, c. 285.]