MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

1599 Written [ 6 DECEMBER 19'77 ] Answers
countries. She has extended and ex-~ objects, working closely with the French
panded in the best possible way our·whole one .
. approach to aid, and I should like it made The MINISTER of STATE, DEPART-
absolutely , clear that that is what w MENT of EDUCATION and SCIENCE
meant.
I should like to give rd
another quotation from He
said that in this particular proj t the
Government's " less
elevated political motives". answer
to this I should like to give on quotation
from a recent article of my rig honourable
friend. It is this:
". . . we all need to take in account human
rights, whether it be Cam odia or Uganda,
Indonesia, Chile, or Bolivi, Czechoslovakia or
the Sovicl Union ".
I am most gratef for the support I
have received tonig from my two noble
.friends-indeed a werful and impressive
combination, an from the noble Lord,
Lord Avebury, : another powerful con-
tribution. I 1ink now that on the
question of a· for Bolivia we. must look
to the futur . We shall not go back on
our decisio about the tin mining project.
As I have aid, our offer of assistance has
been wei omed, and our commitment to
help wl, n we can find the right projects
is a fir one. The Government's reasons
for d ciding against the mining projects
are ood ones. . They are perfectly well
un erstood by the Bolivian Government,
a we look forward to mutually satis-
f ctory relations over new projects.
WRITTEN ANSWERS
UNiDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS
The Earl of CLANCARTY asked
Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are aware that in
France, since 1st September 1977, a
section for th0 study of unidentified
flying objects has beer. set up in the
National Centre for Space Studies in
Toulouse, under the direction of
Monsieur Claude Poher, a distinguished
scientist, and that this body is sponsored
upon the French l\·1inistry of Industry
and Rtsearch; and whether there is a
similar scientific organisation under
Government sponsorship in the United
Kine:dom to study unidentified flying
(Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge): Her
Majesty's Government understand that a
study group called the Groupe d'Etudes
sur Ies Phenomenes Aerospatiales Non-
Identifies (GEPAN) has been set up under
the French Ministry of Industry, Com-
merce and Artisans at the National
Centre for Space Studies in Toulouse.
The group has no formal links with the
United Kingdom, and we have no similar
scieJ?.tific group to study unidentified
objects or phenomena.
LEGAL AID REFUSALS
Lord CHITNIS asked Her Majesty's
Government:
Whether they will list in the Official
Report the number of applications fo
legal aid which have been refused f r
each· year since I 970 and whether t ey
will classify this information acco ing
to the following categories:
(a) where the Supplementary enefits
Commission have deter · ed the
applicant's disposable inc me at an
amount greater than th limit;
(b) where the Suppleme ary Benefits
Commission have d termined the
applicant's dispos le capital at
an amount greater. than the limit;
(c) where the pro edings to which
the applicatio related are not
proceedings fo which legal aid may
be given;
(d) where th applicant has not
shown t t he has reasonable
grounds or taking, defending, or
being a party to the proceedings;
(e) wher it appears unreasonable
that he applicant should receive
leg aid in the particular circum-
st ces of the case.
The LORD CHANCELLOR: The
avail le information is set out below in
two tables. No information is available
ab ut category (c) and combined figures
o ly are available for categories (a) and (b).
I England and Wales combir.ed figures
only are available for categories (d) and (e) .
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