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her report is. But it is an excellent sug- gestion and one that I should like to look into much more deeply.
I was coming to the end of my remarks. I think what we need to do is to bear in mind what my noble friend Lord Segal and others have reminded us of during their remarks, in looking to the future constitutional progress of Hong Kong. The position is that our relationship with mainland China is excellent; our rela- tionship with them in regard to Hong Kong is excellent. They do not regard Hong Kong as having been properly separated from the mainland, as my noble friend reminded us; they denounce the acquisition as having been made under
luress. Nevertheless, they, too, see that Hong Kong is unique. While I cannot but words into the mouths of our Chinese Friends, I think it is perfectly fair and safe to say that they regard the present position and its continuation as being at least as satisfactory as any other solu- tion that has been offered. So that we dan look forward, I am sure, to a period of peace during which the British Gov- ernment and the Hong Kong Government together do their best to raise standards in Hong Kong, to protect the economy, to expand social welfare, without engag- ing in any policy which might force the great Republic of China into an attitude rather less co-operative than the one she has been adopting for so many years in so statesmanlike a fashion.
RATING (CARAVAN SITES) BILL (H.L.]
Returned. from the Commons agreed to with Amendments; the said Amend. ments to be printed.
WRITTEN ANSWERS
INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS: WOMEN MEMBERS
Baroness VICKERS asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give a list of the areas where Industrial Tribunals are held and whether, in view of the recent legislation for equal pay and oppor- tunities for women, they will state the number of women serving on these tribunals in each area.
Lord JACQUES: Industrial Tribunals are currently held on a permanent basis in the following towns:
England and Wales :
London Ashford (Kent) Bedford Birmingham Brighton Bristol
Bury St. Edmunds Cambridge Cardill Derby Exeter Leeds Leicester Liverpool Manchester Middlesbrough
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Nottingham Sheffield Shrewsbury Southampton
Scotland: Glasgow Aberdeen
Edinburgh Dundee Inverness
The Department of Employment is cur- rently appointing a large number-700- additional members of industrial tribunals. Any information given now about the number of women members will as a result be out of date almost immediately. I will therefore write to the noble Baroness giving full information when these appointments have been completed.
NIGERIA: OVERSEAS AID
Lord BARNBY asked Her Majesty's Government:
Why it is still considered necessary to disburse £32 million as Overseas Aid to Nigeria, when it is such an 'oil rich country and already receives large payments for such oil from Great Britain.
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Baroness LLEWELYN-DAVIES of HASTOE: Our capital aid commitments to Nigeria amount to £32.3 million and were made and accepted prior to 1972 when the country began to benefit from its oil revenues. Since then, our capital aid disbursements have been confined to projects then being implemented and those to which we were committed. The
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