§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement updating the information contained in his reply to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish, Official Report 21 December, column 363, concerning grain supplies and supplementary food and edible oil requirements in Ethiopia.
§ Mr. RaisonThe total cereal requirement for famine relief in Ethiopia in 1985 has been estimated at 1.5 million tonnes. So far some 780,000 have been delivered.
Supplementary food needs (skimmed milk powder and high protein biscuits) are estimated at about 106,000 tonnes; 53,000 tonnes have been pledged and nearly 36,000 tonnes delivered.
Edible oil requirements are not known; 36,500 tonnes have been pledged and 30,200 tonnes have been delivered.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on the work of the RAF Hercules on famine relief in Ethiopia; and for how long that work will continue.
§ Mr. RaisonI refer the hon. Member to the statement I made in the House on 22 July at columns 722–23.