HC Deb 21 February 1979 vol 963 c236W
Mr. Heffer

asked the Minister of Overseas Development whether, in the changed circumstances of Bolivia, she has taken a decision on the provision of aid for the re-equipment of the mining sector of that country.

Mrs. Hart

Yes. There is a changed situation in Bolivia; I have therefore concluded that the considerations which led me to suspend my Ministry's support for the re-equipment programme of COMIBOL no longer apply. Subject to agreement with the Bolivian Government, I propose to send a small investigatory mission to Bolivia to advise me on the ways in which I could now best assist this important sector of the Bolivian economy taking into particular account the welfare of the Bolivian miners.