§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will now, as a matter of urgency, seek to end all aid to the Government of Pakistan at the meeting of the Pakistan aid consortium in Paris, pending the withdrawal of forces from East Bengal.
§ Mr. WoodAt the meeting in Paris on 21st June members of the Consortium heard reports from World Bank and International Monetary Fund representatives who had been visiting Pakistan. No pledges for future aid were asked for or made. My right hon. Friend the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary explained the policy of Her Majesty's Government in the statement he made on 23rd June.—[Vol. 819, c. 1436–7.]