HC Deb 30 June 1975 vol 894 cc283-4W
59. Mr. Charles Irving

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what plans the Government have to increase official aid through voluntary relief agencies in order to help the world food shortage.

Mr. John Grant

I very much hope that under my Department's new scheme for helping to fund development projects undertaken overseas by voluntary agencies, many of the projects will be connected with food production and thus make a major contribution to increasing food supplies.

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