§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the value of British trade with Laos for each of the last five years; and what is the value of British bilateral and multilateral aid to Laos for each of the years since the end of 1975.
§ Mr. ChannonThe value of British trade with Laos for each of the last five years for which complete yearly figures are available is as follows: 367W
£ million United Kingdom exports to United Kingdom imports from 1979 0.3 0.05 1980 0.7 0.03 1981 0.5 0.1 1982 0.9 0.4 1983 0.6 0.1 1984* 0.5 0.2 * January to October. The value of British bilateral and multilateral aid to Laos since the end of 1975 is as follows:
£ thousand Bilateral Multilateral 1976 100 *100 1977 45 *100 1978 912 *800 1979 29 *600 1980 13 580 1981 80 620 1982 — 520 1983 1 *600 * Estimated.