HC Deb 22 April 1991 vol 189 c299W
44. Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what approaches have been made to the Overseas Development Administration in respect of alternative commercial crops in Commonwealth countries whose economies rely significantly on the export of sugar and bananas, respectively.

Mrs. Chalker

We are helping the eastern Caribbean countries—Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent—whose economies rely heavily on banana exports, with a number of agricultural diversification projects.

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