§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list the individual loans and grants to Communist governed countries authorised by her Department since her taking office.
§ Mrs. HartThe following aid commitments to Communist-governed countries have been made since my appointment last February. All are in grant form.
Vietnam
The technical co-operation programme for English language training was doubled in 1977–78 to an estimated £200,000.A contribution of £25,000 to the British Hospital for Vietnam.Bilateral food aid of 4,750 tonnes of flour, estimated to cost £760,000.A contribution, estimated at £188,000, to the EEC's 1977 butter oil food aid programme.A contribution, estimated at £160,000 to the EEC's 1977 dried skimmed milk food aid programme.Cuba
Negotiations for a technical co-operation agreement started in 1975 and the agreement was signed in April 1977, but no specific commitments have yet been made.