§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Lord Privy Seal if Her Majesty's Government will give financial assistance towards the relief of El Salvadorean refugees in Honduras; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RidleyThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has given aid for distribution to Salvadorean refugees in Honduras to the approximate value of £444,000. The British share of this contribution is 12 per cent. The United Kingdom also contributes to assistance to Salvadorean refugees through the European Community, which has given aid to the value of some £340,000, of which our share is 20.79 per cent.
§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Lord Privy Seal what reply has been sent to the letter dated 24 February, addressed to the Minister of State with responsibility for 37W Latin American matters, from the Reverend John P. Hastings, secretary of the Methodist Church division of social responsibility, about the plight of El Salvadoran refugees in Honduras.
§ Mr. RidleyA reply was sent to the Rev. John Hastings on 25 March informing him that European Community aid to the value of some £340,000 was being sent to Salvadoran refugees through the International Committee of the Red Cross.