§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether the British Embassy in Mozambique has found it necessary to inspect goods supplied to that country under the £5 million programme loan subsequently to its receipt of certification of use by the Mozambique Government pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Biggs-Davison) of 7th April.
§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will specify the numbers and types of vehicles supplied to Mozambique under the £5 million aid programme.
§ Mrs. HartI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Melton (Mr. Latham) on 27th June.—[Vol. 934, c. 33 and 34.]
§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will give details of vehicle spare parts supplied to Mozambique under the £5 million aid programme and their total value.
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§ Mrs. HartThe total value of orders received to date for vehicle spare parts is £797,515. They are for a range of British Leyland vehicles and for Ford tractors.
§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will give details of the number, types and specification of electrical generating plants and equipment supplied to Mozambique under the £5 million aid programme pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr. Arnold), Official Report, 16th May, c. 17.
§ Mrs. HartDetails are as follows
Two diesel electrical generating plants, 700 kva each.Materials for 33 kv overhead lines: (a) porcelain insulators; (b) insulator pigtail hooks and eyebolts; (c) conductors and compression joints.Two brush 6.3 my oil-immersed transformers.Five self-contained canopy diesel generating sets, 250 kva each.
§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether air-conditioning equipment supplied to Mozambique under the £5 million aid programme is for existing fixed installations; and if she will provide details.
§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development what proportion of the items supplied to Mozambique under the £5 million aid programme is for use in conjunction with other items of British manufacture previously supplied, or ordered under normal commercial transactions.
§ Mrs. HartSince British manufactures have been exported to Mozambique for many years, it is not possible to estimate the proportion precisely. But many of the vehicles and vehicle spare parts now to be supplied by aid funds and referred to in the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Melton (Mr. Latham) on 27th June—[Vol. 934, c. 33 and 34]—are needed for the replacement or repair of items supplied commercially in the past—for example, British Leyland buses. These new supplies may be expected to lead to further orders for British industry in the future.