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the International Civil Aviation Organ- isation Assembly which has just been received. We intend to take an active and constructive part in this important conference.
Hong Kong
(Women Night Workers)
50. Mr. Rankin asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further consultations, and with what result, he has had with the Government of Hong Kong on the matter of employing women on night-shift work.
Mr. Luard: I explained in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Farnworth (Mr. Thornton) on 2nd March that Her Majesty's Government were satisfied that some night work under strictly controlled conditions could be accepted. Of the twelve applications re- ceived since 1st March, when the scheme which I then described came into operation, two have been granted and these cover 224 adult women in cotton spinning and weaving factories.
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C.S. Gas
51. Mr. Philip Noel-Baker asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what restrictions are placed upon the sale of C.S. gas to the United Kingdom's North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies, and why.
Mr. George Thomson: My right hon. Friend will recall that it is not the prac- tice of Her Majesty's Government to disclose information about arms sales.
Anglo-Lesotho Relations
Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a further statement about Anglo-Lesotho relations.
Mr. Foley: I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Haltemprice (Mr. Wall).
Palestine Refugees
Mr. Arthur Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will obtain from the United Nations and publish official figures
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to give a comparison of the amounts of contributions made during 1969 for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by Great Britain, Iraq, Libya, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Israel, respectively.
Mr. Luard: The following is the in- formation requested. The figures were verified with the UNRWA authorities on 2nd April, and are the latest avail- able; but they are still to be presented to the United Nations Board of Auditors.
Name of Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Iraq
Libya
Unit of Payment
Contribution (in U.S. Dollars)
Pounds Sterling 4,500,000
***
Abu Dhabi
Saudi Arabia
U.S. Dollars
U.S. Dollars
U.S. Dollars
***
100,000
100,000
10,000
U.S. Dollars
297,778
Jordan:
Port Services... Rent
U.S. Dollars
17,420
U.S. Dollars
28,316
Water and
Vaccines
U.S. Dollars ...
76,118
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Lebanon:
Rents
Laboratory Ser-
vices
X-ray Services and Vaccines
Syria:
Rents and Vac-
cines
United Arab
51,222;
59,258
Republic: Medical Sup-
plies
400
Israel:
Israeli Pounds
342,857
Port and Trans-
port Services
561,030
Water and Vac-
cines
39,216
(56)
In addition, Syria has pledged a further sum of U.S. $29,384 for 1969 as reimbursement of transport and porterage costs, but this sum has not yet been paid.
Kenya (Superannuation Fund)
Mr. Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have been made in the conditions and administration of the Kenya Local Government Officers' Superannuation Fund; and how con- tributors have been notified or will be notified of these changes.
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