§ 46. Mr. Moreasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what efforts the Government are making to match the contribution by the Council of the European Economic Community for relief and reconstruction in Italy.
§ Mr. MulleyMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary described Her16W Majesty's Government's contribution to Italian flood relief in his statement to the House on 18th November. We are actively studying how best to implement the offer of livestock mentioned in that statement. In addition there has been a notable private response from this country. Help of this kind is in a different category from aid voted from existing European Economic Community funds for agricultural reconstruction in a member country.—[Vol. 736, c. 811.]