HC Deb 17 October 1973 vol 861 cc221-2W
Sir John Tilney

asked the Minister of State for Defence what help the Services have been able to render to the Government of Pakistan during the time of the major floods on the Indus and other Pakistan rivers.

Mr. Ian Gilmour

The Services have provided 10 assault boats with outboard engines. They were transported to Pakistan, together with medical and other supplies from non-Service sources, in four flights from the United Kingdom by Royal Air Force aircraft.