HC Deb 25 January 1985 vol 71 c539W
Mr. Dorrell

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further British food aid is being supplied to refugees in Sudan.

Mr. Raison

15,000 tonnes of British grain financed from our national food aid programme is now on the way to Port Sudan for use in feeding refugees entering the Sudan. The shipment was originally intended for World Food Programme use in Ethiopia but has been diverted to meet the emergency needs in Sudan following assurances that the Ethiopian ports will be working to capacity in January and February 1985 even without it; and that the WFP will make up the 15,000 tonnes for Ethiopia at an appropriate time.