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8 MARCH 1978
Mr. Luard: None. No officers have been vetoed.
Gilbert Islands
Mr. Sims asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the dates and amounts of aid given to the Gilbert Islands from 1945 to date, indicat- ing which sums were specifically provided for projects to supply clean water and to improve sanitation.
Mr. Luard: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Essex, South-East (Sir B. Braine on 24th February.-Vol. 944, c. 828.1
I regret that detailed breakdowns of aid disbursements within projects are not available prior to 1960. Since 1960 the following projects specifically devoted to the supply of clean water and to improved sanitation have been identified: Date and Project
Amount approved
1960
Colony headquarters water supply 1961
£
21,062
Investigation of water reserves 1966
Improvement of water supplies Water supplies and sanitation 1970
...
Improvement of water supplies, S.
Tarawa
...
Water supply development including construction of test wells, galleries and boreholes to determine extent of water reserves in S. Tarawa: the provision of aqua-privies in communal blocks to supplement reef latrines and the provision of water pumps to expand and im- prove existing water supply and sewerage facilities particularly at large institutions such as hospitals
Provision of reservoir to provide source of uncontaminated fresh water at Betio
1971
Construction of trunk water main Bairiki Betio to provide water for Peuo from uncontaminated
reserve
1972-77
Provision of 360 aqua privies for high
density housing
1972
Rural water supplies and sanitation, Arorae and Tamana-Construction of five galleries; sanitary develop ment of 50 per cent of existing wells provision of drinking foun-
1: 0 35
2,160
10,800 4,940
30,002
15,252
62,858
39,261
216,077
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tains and water basins for school children; provision of latrines for existing houses. Beneficiaries were five villages on the two islands 1973 Construction of aquifers at Bon-
riki and Buota Construction of water trunk main
pipes-Betio 'Bonriki
Water distribution, Betio-provision of piped water to replace potable and non-potable water which was delivered by truck
1974
Tewai water supply, S. Tabiteuea. To provide piped drinking water to a village on an islet, separated from the main island, where there was no source of potable water
1975 Village water distribution-to pro- vide water from main pipe to nine villages in S. Tarawa
1978 Protection of wells-S. Tarawa Outer islands well improvement
Eritrea (Relief)
688
7,791
108,570
45,301
88,953
4.297
18,223
16,659
14,044
Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will initiate urgently within the appropriate United Nations bodies dis- cussions on the need for food, medical supplies and other humanitarian relief for all people in Eritrea who are victims of the current fighting.
Mr. Luard: The United Kingdom Per- manent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva is discussing this matter with the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator and with the High Commissioner for Refugees. There are, however, constraints on their ability to intervene to assist in the absence of a request from the Ethiopian Government.
Council of Ministers Meeting
Mr. Jeffrey Thomas asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs if he will make a state- ment on the last meeting of the Council of Ministers.
Mr. Judd : My right hon. Friend and I attended the Foreign Affairs Council on 7th March. The Council discussed pre- parations for the next European Council on 7th-8th April and agreed in principle to recommend alternative dates in May- June 1979 from which the European Council could select the dates for the first direct elections to the European Assembly.
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