asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what grants in aid have been paid to the Government of the Leeward Islands; and for what purposes during the past nine months.

Mr. Creech Jones:

No such grants have been made during the past nine months. The Colonial and Middle Eastern Services Vote this year provides for a grant in aid of £20,000 for Montserrat, and part or all of this may be issued before the 31st March. Some£150,000 has already been spent in the Leewards under the C.D. & W. Act, 1945, pending the receipt and approval of the Colony's Ten-Year Plan.