HC Deb 24 March 1969 vol 780 c201W
Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the steps taken as a result of cyclone Becky in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

Mr. Whitlock

Her Majesty's Government made a grant of £4,000 to the Solomon Islands as a contribution towards immediate relief measures. Special expenditure on relief, repairs and rebuilding is expected to amount to about £8,700 in all, in addition to costs borne on maintenance votes, and will be met from the Protectorate budget.