§ Mr. Coulsonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, what further help was given by Great Britain to the Government of Pakistan for the relief of distress caused by the cyclone in East Pakistan.
§ Mr. SandysAs I told the House on 27th June, Her Majesty's Government offered aid in kind to the value of £50,000 following first reports on the destruction caused by the cyclone, in which 12,000 people lost their lives. Subsequent reports showed that the surviving coastal communities had lost nearly all their fishing gear and so their means of livelihood. A further gift of £15,000 has therefore been made for the purchase of twine for fishing nets.
Parliament will be asked, in due course, to approve a Supplementary Estimate.