To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aid has been given to Guyana, and to what projects, in each of the last 10 years.
Financial aid to Guyana in project form was suspended in 1983 because of defaults on the
| £ '000s | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Project | ||||||||||
| 1. Essequibo sea defences | 319 | 1,188 | 686 | 412 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2. Tapakuma irrigation | 847 | 397 | 629 | 757 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3. Dredging equipment | 323 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. Plant and vehicle | 15 | — | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Programme | ||||||||||
| 1 Agricultural spares | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 733 |
| 2. Fuel oil | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,942 |
| Technical co-operation | 852 | 738 | 396 | 382 | 378 | 354 | 487 | 635 | 521 | 986 |
| TOTAL | 2,356 | 2,475 | 1,724 | 1,555 | 419 | 354 | 487 | 635 | 521 | 6,661 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the European Community Council of Development Ministers discussed aid to Namibia at the meeting on 29 May; and if he will make a statement.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 18 June at column 392.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans the European Community has to grant a beef quota to Namibia under the Lomé agreement.
We have not yet received the Commission's proposals for Lomé accession arrangements for Namibia. The United Kingdom will support generous terms of accession for Namibia to the Lomé convention. We will give sympathetic consideration to any proposal for a Namibian beef quota.