§ 57. Mr. Hal Millerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to make support for the recurrent budgets of St. Helena, Vanuatu, Anguilla, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat unnecessary by developing their economies towards self-sufficiency.
§ Mr. Neil MartenCapital and technical co-operation aid is already provided for these countries to help promote their economic and social development. Within this overall objective the aim is progressively to reduce and eventually eliminate, wherever possible, budgetary support. This policy has been successful in the case of Montserrat which came out of budgetary aid on 31 December 1980.