§ Mr. Cooperasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid in money terms was given to Uganda during 1972.
§ Mr. WoodNew aid commitments to Uganda were suspended in August 1972, and the value of technical assistance, development loans and investment by the Commonwealth Development Corporation provided from British aid funds during the calendar year was £3.2 million.
Repayments to Britain of £6.732 million outstanding on commutation and compensation loans at 1st April 1971 were waived early in 1972 after the signature on 29th February of the agreement whereby Her Majesty's Government assumed responsibility for the pre-independence element of expatriate pensions.