HL Deb 30 October 1984 vol 456 cc507-8WA
The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What measures they are taking to assist the small states of the Eastern Caribbean in their efforts to improve coastguard facilities as part of their regional security arrangements.

Baroness Young

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Overseas Development is today making an offer to the governments of six Eastern Caribbean states: in principle, to finance on grant terms, at a total estimated cost of £1.2 million, the construction of shore facilities for their coastguard vessels. This assistance will be additional to development aid pledged to these countries under existing agreements.