§ 58. Mr. Hornbyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Ghana to Great Britain.
§ Mr. M. StewartDuring his recent visit Dr. Busia had talks with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister as well as with me and other Ministers. The talks were friendly and constructive and covered a wide range of subjects including Ghana's external debt. The House will recall that arrangements for re-scheduling this debt were made in 1966 and 1968 and on this occasion we agreed to consult other creditor Governments about a further meeting next year to consider the problems. We also offered the Government of Ghana a further interest-free loan of £1 million in addition to the £4 million already offered for this financial year.