HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 c355W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what means and through what agencies the expenditure of £5 million for Zimbabwe and £5 million for Zambia will be spent; and what restrictions have been applied to the use of these moneys respectively.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The additional balance of payments aid for Zambia and Zimbabwe, announced on 4 March and 29 April in response to the drought and totalling £10 million and 7.5 million respectively, is being made available by way of reimbursement of completed and satisfactorily documented fuel oil transactions subject to undertakings that equivalent sums will be allocated to purchase food or other drought-related goods.

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