§ Mr. Fisherasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will make a special financial contribution for the purchase of rice from Thailand or wheat from Australia to relieve the famine conditions in Bihar.
§ Mr. BottomleyNo. But as I said in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mr. William Price) on 29th June, we have offered to relieve India of debt payments of £11.5 million currently due to us; this has been done because of India's special difficulties, including the need for foreign exchange to import food.—[Vol. 749, c. 717–18.]