§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Minister for Overseas Development will urge her counterparts on the European Council of Ministers to consider an emergency decision to provide an additional 750,000 tonnes of food aid to Africa.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe members of the European Community have promised to provide an additional 600,000 tonnes of emergency food aid for Africa; 400,000 tonnes will be financed from the EC budget and 200,000 tonnes bilaterally. We shall continue to stress the importance of getting this additional food aid to those in need very quickly. The situation will be reviewed at the Development Council on 27 May.