§ Mr. Brian Parkynasked the Minister of Overseas Development how much aid to India in grants, loans and technical assistance has been pledged by Her Majesty's Government since the £30 million loan was agreed last year.
§ Mr. BottomleyIn 1966–67 new commitments for loan aid to India totalled £32 million and actual distbursements reached over £43 million. At the meeting of the Aid-India Consortium in Paris this April we promised loans of £19 million as an advance instalment of our total pledge for 1967–68.
Expenditure on technical assistance to India in 1966 totalled £794,000 and I expect a broadly similar figure to be reached in the current year.