§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Minister of Overseas Development, in view of the fact that the economy of Nepal has been fortified by the earnings of the Gurkhas, what plans he has for economic aid to help Nepal when cuts are made in the future of the number of Gurkhas serving with Her Majesty's forces.
§ Mr. PrenticeAs I said in my reply of 20th June to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead (Mr. Whitaker), we are about to undertake a major road project in Nepal. This with other projects, including special training for ex-Gurkhas, will raise the level of British aid to Nepal to over a million pounds a year during the next four years, or about four times higher than at present.—[Vol. 766, c.174.]