§ Mr. Juddasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether she will make a further statement on the Government's aid programme to Lesotho following recent political events there.
§ Mrs. HartI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave today to a Question by the hon. Member for Haltemprice (Mr. Wall).
BRITISH OFFICIAL ECONOMIC AID 1967 TO 1969 1967 1968 1969* £000s £000s £000s TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE United Arab Republic (Egypt) … … … 0.9 1.8 29.1 Iraq … … … 22.7 5.3 1.7 Israel … … … — — — Kuwait … … … 0.3 — — Lebanon … … … 16.6 3.5 12.1 Saudi Arabia … … … 0.4 0.4 6.6 Syria … … … 55.3 4.9 0.6 JORDAN Loans … … … 185.0 965.0 1,466.9 Grants … … … 1,850.8 295.8 439.3 Technical Assistance … … … 123.9 181.8 220.0 Total (Jordan) … … … 2,159.7 1,442.6 2,126.2 * Provisional.