§ 15. Mr. Fauldsasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether she will seek to convene a conference of Caribbean States to launch an economic plan kit the area.
§ Mrs. HartNo. We are very ready to help through our bilateral programmes, our consultations with other aid donors, our association with regional organisations, and our participation in the new Caribbean Development Bank. But the planning and management of their economic affairs must rest with the independent States and self-governing territories themselves.