§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Lord Privy Seal how much money to date the Government have provided to Oxfam for its relief work in Kampuchea.
§ Mr. HurdThe Government have offered nearly £500,000 to the disaster emergency committee for use in Kampuchea, Oxfam is one of the five members of this committee and it will receive part of this money.
Oxfam has used the Government-financed RAF Hercules and the aircraft chartered by the Government last month to send relief supplies to Kampuchea.
Oxfam has also been allocated a total of 745,000 units of account by the Euronean Communitiy (approximately £462,000). The British contribution to the sum will be about £93,000.
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§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Lord Privy Seal how many tons of supplies have so far been carried into Kampuchea by the RAF Hercules; how many more journeys it will make; and whether the aircraft will remain available until the urgent needs of the Kampuchean people have been met.
§ Mr. HurdI refer the hon. Member to the replies given to the hon. Member for Harlow (Mr. Newens) on Thursday 15 November.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has informed the Government that since the return of the RAF Hercules to the United Kingdom on 19 November it has sufficient aircraft available to it to meet its requirements for airlifting supplies into Phnom Penh for the next two months.