42. Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether he would consider assisting North Vietnam 34W with the technology and information for the construction of a chemical plant to produce fertilisers from coal.
§ 44. Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether he will consider providing grants and long-term loans to North and South Vietnam to facilitate the purchase of goods for industrial development from Great Britain.
§ Mr. PrenticeI have received no requests from the Vietnamese authorities to provide major aid of this kind, and I have no present plans to provide it. I am, however, currently considering the possibility of a small technical assistance programme for English language teaching in Vietnam.
§ 43. Mr. Flanneryasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will give details of Great Britain's financial contribution to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) projects in Vietnam.
§ Mr. PrenticeWe gave £1 million in 1974–75 to the UNICEF appeal for its programme in Indo-China. In 1975 we gave £250,000 to the joint appeal by UNHCR and UNICEF for emergency relief in Indo-China, and £150,000 to the UNHCR appeal for refugees from Indo-China. These appeals were mainly devoted to North and South Vietnam.
§ 45. Miss Richardsonasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether he has considered sending scientific and medical literature to Vietnam on a continuing basis.
§ Mr. PrenticeFollowing the gift of medical and scientific books made to Vietnam last year our Ambassador in Hanoi has been authorised to offer a further gift for 1976. The Vietnamese authorities have asked for books on agriculture, agronomy and chemical engineering.