§ Lord McNAIRasked Her Majesty's Government:
What financial aid the colony of Tuvalu is now receiving and, after attaining independence, can expect to receive from sources other than Great Britain; and towards what specific projects such aid is aimed.
§ Baroness LLEWELYN-DAVIES of HASTOEI am circulating in theOfficial
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Expenditure 1977–78 Pledges or allocation Main Projects Australia A dollars 430,000 1,100,000 for 1978–79; but thereafter 400,000 per annum at 1977 prices Deep water berth Marine Training School. New Zealand NZ dollars 60,000 100,000 for 1978–79 plus a regional programme Pest control Communications and Navigational Aids; Reef blasting. European Development Fund— (a) Territorial allocation EUA — 565,000 up to 1980 Electricity station; Outer island development. (b) Stabex 64,417 Report details of the aid of the main donors of capital aid, Australia, New Zealand and the European Development Fund. Tuvalu also receives technical co-operation from the United Nations Specialised Agencies, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Development Assistance Team, the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation, the South Pacific Commission and the United States of America.
The following are details of the aid programmes of the main donors to Tuvalu, other than the United Kingdom:
House adjourned at eighteen minutes before four o'clock.