§ Mrs. Millie Millerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government will support the recommendations of the World Plan of Action adopted at the International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City for the period 1975 to 1980, urging the United Nations General Assembly to declare 1975 to 1980 a "decade for women and development", to encourage the allocation of additional resources expressly intended for the integration and participation of women in development, particularly for projects for women in rural areas and the lowest income groups in urban areas.
§ Mr. EnnalsWe welcomed the adoption by the World Conference on International Women's Year in Mexico of the World Plan of Action. The plan is a comprehensive document offering valuable guidelines for Governments in the formulation of national policy. In practical terms we have demonstrated our support by making available a grant of £200,000 per annum for three years for use in connection with the proposed Decade for Women in Development. It is our intention that this sum should be devoted where possible to projects for women in the poorer countries and in rural areas. We intend to support the Decade provided it continues to be directed to its proper objectives and is not diverted by politically contentious activity.