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Mr. Hoyle
asked the Minister of Overseas Development what textile projects her Department is supporting in developing countries; if she will list these projects and the financial aid being given in each case; whether British textile machinery is being supplied on any of these schemes; what commitment exists to purchase the products; and if she will list the projects concerned and the amount undertaken to be purchased.
Mrs. Hart
The list below shows textile projects currently under way or recently completed under my Department's bilateral aid programmes, and the
| Project | Approximate cost £ | |
| 1. | Afghanistan: Construction of new cotton ginnery | 1,700,000 |
| 2. | Afghanistan: Extensions to cotton ginnery | 450,000 |
| 3. | Bangladesh: Study of textile industry possibilities carried out by the Shirley Institute | 14,700 |
| 4. | Bangladesh: Jute marketing survey | 10,300 |
| 5. | Bangladesh: Consultancy to improve management efficiency, accounting and costing, production, operatives and supervisors at the Adamjee Jute Mills | 395,000 |
| 6. | Bangladesh: Allocations to the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, the Adamjee Jute Mills and to private importers: | |
| Commodity Loan 2–1972 | 642,000 | |
| Commodity Loan 1–1973 | 221,500 | |
| Commodity Loan/Grant 1–1974 | 632,000 | |
| Commodity Loan/Grant 2–1974 | 135,000 | |
| Commodity Grant–1975 | 3,000,000 | |
| Commodity Grant–1977 | 2,500,000 | |
| 7. | Bangladesh: Establishment of two ring-spinning plants at Adarsha and Mohini Mills | 7,140,000 |
| 8. | Bangladesh: Allocations to the Bangladesh Textile Industries Corporation, mainly used for small items of capital equipment, spare parts etc.: | |
| Commodity Loan 2–1972 | 50,000 | |
| Commodity Loan 1–1973 | 71,516 | |
| Commodity Fund 1–1974 (65 per cent. loan/35 per cent. grant) | 263,000 | |
| Commodity Grant–1975 | 2,000,000 | |
| Commodity Grant–1977 | 1,500,000 | |
| 9. | Burma: Capital grant to Burma Textile Corporation for the purchase of spare parts for jute mill machinery | 180,000 |
| 10. | Chile: Assistance to the Catholic Association for Overseas Development to help in establishment of cooperative textile workshop | 160,000 |
| 11. | Colombia: Personnel and equipment for training at the Textile Centre of the National Apprentice Training Service at Medellin | 550,000 |
| 12. | Egypt: Rehabilitation of Tala cotton ginnery | 500,000 |
| 13. | Ghana: Consultancy to determine requirement for additional cotton ginnery capacity | 7,000 |
| 14. | Ghana: Provision of Financial Controller to the Cotton Development Board for three years | 60,000 |
| 15. | India: Since 1st January 1973 tied aid for the purchase of textile machinery has been provided to a large number of firms in the Indian textile sector* | 4,200,000 |
| 16. | Mozambique: Goods relating to the textile industry will be financed | 712.000 |
| 17. | Pakistan: British machinery and equipment has been purchased for three textile projects to establish a new blended yarn spinning plant, a new cotton yarn manufacturing unit and a new cloth finishing unit† | 509,000 |
| 18. | Peru: Personnel and equipment for training in the textile section of the National Apprentice Training Service at Lima | 275,000 |
| * In addition to this aid for capital investment, maintenance aid has been made available for the purchase of spare parts and raw materials for existing plant in all sectors of the Indian economy. No figures are available for the proportion which has gone to the textile sector. | ||
| † In addition some maintenance aid to Pakistan may be used for the purchase of British textile machinery although no breakdown of the figures is readily available. | ||