§ 89. Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Overseas Development, in view of the decline of food production per head throughout the world, what support the Government intends to give to the Food 150W and Agriculture Organisation emergency measures to meet the rapidly rising need for fertilisers, farm equipment, pesticides and trained personnel in the countries where this trend is most serious.
§ Mr. OramThese proposals are now the subject of a special study designed to assess the role of production resources in agricultural development. The United Kingdom is a member of the twenty nation committee set up by the F.A.O. Council to carry out this study. Meanwhile, as my hon. Friend will know, we try to help by extending general purpose aid on very soft terms to those countries most in need.