§ Mr. Andrew Smithasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he intends to take in the light of the conclusion in the second report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on bilateral aid that the aid and trade provision has introduced a conflict of priorites.
§ Mr. Chris PattenI am studying the second report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on bilateral aid. The Government will give their detailed observations on the report, including the section on the aid and trade provision, after the summer recess.
§ Mr. Andrew Smithasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list, for each
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Country Project Company Export Value ATP Element £ million £ million April 1982—March 1983 Brazil Jacui Power Station Klocner/NEI 90.800 24.138 Burma Gas Turbines JBE 11.044 2.213 Burma Bridge Project Balfour Beatty 0-.360 0.090 Egypt W. Sabaeya Phosphate Mine Seltrust Engineering 20.000 7.315 India Rihand Super thermal Power Plant NEI 231.200 17.034 Indonesia Mrica Hydro Project Balfour Beatty 44.646 12.075 Kenya Railway Coaches BRE Metro 23.700 5.030 Mexico Maritime Training College of Nautical Studies 0.030 0.006 Mexico Scientific Instrument Training Darwin Instruments 0.029 0.029 Paraguay Power Transmission Scheme Balfour Beatty 5.290 1.350 Peru Mini Hydros Balfour Beatty 25.625 4.852 Zimbabwe Hwange Power Station PED 3.600 1.000 April 1983—March 1984 Botswana Moruple Power Station, Turbines NEI/Parsons 17.126 4.418 Burma Outboard Propulsion Units Sykes Marine 5.000 1.202 Colombia Coffee Rust Control Programme Wiles and Associates 0.201 0.201 Colombia Mine Safety Training BMC 0.018 0.018 Honduras Aguan Valley Study Halcrows 0.500 0.100 India Amlori Coal Mine BMC 80.030 15.030 Indonesia Jambu Aye Hydro-Electric Dam Study Rendel Williamson Hydro 0.200 0.200 Indonesia Ombelin Coal Mine Dowty Meco 19.200 4.445 Jordan HV Transmission Line Balfour Beatty 13.568 3.611 Malawi Telecommunications GEC/BT 1.000 0.260 Malaysia Viewdata GEC 2.367 0.851 Philippines Dendro Power Station Adviser Balfour Beatty 0.080 0.040 Zimbabwe Abattoir Feasibility Study Ove Arup 1.760 1.760 April 1984—March 1985 Botswana Moruple Power Station, Coal and Ash Plant Butterfly Engineering 4.736 1.343 Brazil Coal Mining Training BMC Ltd. 0.019 0.019 Cameroon 4 Towns Water Project Design Study Sir A. Gibb and W. S. Atkins 0.910 0.910 Colombia Bridge Project Extension Balfour Beatty 0.540 0.152 ECOWAS1 Telecommunications Feasibility Study British Teleconsult 0.065 0.065 Egypt Electricity Management Advice British Electricity Int. 0.166 0.166 Egypt Draglines Ransome and Rapier 0.463 0.463 India Balco Power Station GEC 130.000 33.066 Indonesia AIS Submarine Cable STC 104.000 3.093 Indonesia Isolated Diesels HSPE 38.400 12.515 of the last five years (a) the amounts spent on the aid and trade provision, (b) the sums received by each recipient company and (c) the nature of the contracts so funded.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe amount spent under the aid and trade provision in the last five financial years was follows:
£ million 1982–83 46.8 1983–84 28.4 1984–85 59.5 1985–86 36.5 1986–87 181.3 1provisional Aid agreements signed with developing countries over the last five financial years are as follows:
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Country Project Company Export Value ATP Element £ million £ million Indonesia Education Equipment Study British Council 0.036 0.036 Indonesia Jabotabek Railway Study L. H. Manderstan 1.000 1.000 Malaysia Sunghai Ahning Dam Balfour Beatty 9.000 2.344 Malaysia Ulu Jelai Hydro Feasibility Study WLPU/Ewbank 1.850 1.850 Paraguay Ascuncion Sewerage Consultancy Halcrow/Balfour 1.020 1.020 Sri Lanka Columbo Airport UKAG 20.940 5.264 Thailand Mini Hydros Pilot Plant Balfour Beatty 2.500 2.500 Thailand Post-Harvest Groundnut Study: Phase I Rural Investment Overseas 0.081 0.081 Thailand Railbus Evaluation Study Transmark 0.082 0.082 April 1985—March 1986 Belize Electricity Feasibility Study Merz and McLellan 0.081 0.081 Bolivia Mineral Concentrator GEC 0.027 0.027 Caribbean BAE 748 Aircraft British Aerospace 10.336 3.838 Colombia Coffee Bean Sorters Gunsons Sortex 0.068 0.068 ECOWAS1 Telecommunications Implementation Study British Teleconsult 0.250 0.250 Egypt Maghara Coal Mine Babcock 50.035 12.578 Egypt Welding Equipment and Training British Federal Ltd 0.049 0.049 India Ganga River Consultancy Thames Water Authority 0.200 0.200 Indonesia S Bengkulu Oil Palm Study Massey Fergusson 0.400 0.400 Indonesia Bukit Asam Rail Bridges Balfour Beatty 0.750 0.152 Indonesia Offshore Supply Vessels Marine Design Consultants 2.156 0.571 Indonesia Ombelin Coal Mining Training Dowty Meco 0.655 0.655 Kenya Sugar Milling Equip Fletcher and Stewart 0.891 0.235 Kenya Upland Bacon Factory Study Mitchell Cotts 0.100 0.100 Malaysia Cross Braced Bogies BREL 7.083 1.850 Mauritius Plaisance Airport Plessey 18.960 6.311 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Airport study Plessey 0.100 0.100 Thailand Post-Harvest Groundnut Study: Phase II Rural Investment Overseas 0.499 0.499 Zimbabwe Kariba South Power Consultancy Merz and McLellan 0.300 0.300 April 1986—March 1987 Burma Rangoon Electrical Distribution BCPE 20.000 6.400 Cameroon Ministry of Equipment/ Agriculture Technical Assistance British Standards Institute 0.075 0.075 Cameroon Bamenda Ring Road Survey SWK 0.173 0.173 Cameroon Limbe Port Feasibility Study NYK 0.250 0.250 China Coal Sector Training Dosco 0.150 0.150 Egypt NW Electrification Study Numerous 0.825 0.825 Egypt Brake Block Foundry Davy McKee 2.749 0.884 Egypt NW Electrification Project Numerous 4.345 1.308 Egypt El Omoun Drain Sulzer 3.195 0.804 Indonesia Jabotabek Feasibility Study Manderstan/F. Wheeler 0.007 0.007 Kenya Kipevu JBE 7.618 1.959 Malawi Telecommunication Study GEC/BT 0.052 0.052 Malaysia Rural Water Supply Biwater 194.000 59.460 Malta Luqa Airport Study BAI 0.131 0.131 Sri Lanka Samanala Wewa Hydro Balfour Beatty 57.200 16.570 Turkey Ankara Natural Gas Study British Gas 0.350 0.350 China Shengli Power Plant JBE 14.913 4.873 1 Economic Commission for West African states.