HC Deb 02 August 1971 vol 822 cc205-6W
53. Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation he made to the Soviet Embassy at the time of the Riga trial of Ruth Alexandrova, in particular

Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of interest rates charged by individual members of the European Economic Community on their loans to developing countries.

Mr. Wood

The average interest rates charged by individual members of the European Economic Community on their official development assistance loans to developing countries in 1970 were:

per cent.
Belgium 2.3
France 3.7
Germany 2.9
Italy 3.2*
Luxembourg —
Netherlands 2.9
* The figure for Italy is an O.E.C.D. estimate.
† Luxembourg made no official development assistance loans to developing countries in 1970.

Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the amount of aid provided in each existing European Economic Community member nation on the following bases, bilateral, multilateral, private, and tied budgetary assistance.

Mr. Wood

From table 11 of an O.E.C.D. Press Release of 28th June, 1971, net official and private flows in 1970 from existing members of the E.E.C. are calculated to have been:

about her treatment during the eight months before her trial.

Mr. Anthony Royle

None.