International Co-operation and Development

HC Deb 28 April 1978 vol 948 cc719-20W

Mr. Forman

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if it is her policy to make public money available to the Trade Union Committee for International Co-operation and Development; and, if so, how much and for what specific purposes.

Mr. Tomlinson

Yes. On the recommendation of the Advisory Committee for Development Education, I have decided to give the committee an accountable grant of £16,000 a year for three years. These are contributions towards the cost of two full-time members and one part-time member of staff, travel and overheads, conferences and weekend workshops to increase understanding in the trade union movement of the issues affecting economic and social development of developing countries, and of their implications for trade unionists and others in the United Kingdom.