§ Q36. Mr. Hoosonasked the Prime Minister whether he will seek to arrange a meeting between the Heads of Government of all the developed countries and as many as possible of the developing countries, in order to agree a world policy for food procurement and distribution.
§ The Prime MinisterThe World Food Council, of which we are a member, has been established for this general purpose 495W by the General Assembly of the United Nations and held its first meeting at ministerial level in Rome last week. Discussions are also proceeding in the Food and Agriculture Organisation and other international organisations on various aspects of this problem. In particular, work is being carried out in FAO, the GATT and the International Wheat Council on the implementation of the International Undertaking on World Food Security, which envisages international co-ordination of national grain stocks with the object of stabilising the market.