§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Lord Privy Seal how much financial assistance was afforded to Dominica, West Indies, after the hurricane in August 1979, which occasioned the need for help.
§ Mr. Neil MartenI refer to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Member for Mid-Oxon (Mr. Hurd) on 29 November to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Mr. Rhodes James).—[Vol. 974; c.726–7]. Since then, arrangements have been made for a second phase of the Royal Engineers operation. This is just starting. It will involve 60 men for about eight weeks, and will include work on the electricity distribution system, road repairs and the reconstruction of schools and health clinics.