HL Deb 21 April 1983 vol 441 c716WA
Lord O'Hagan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps they have taken to ensure that aid from the EEC intended to reach the people of Ethiopia reaches its correct destination.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Belstead)

The European Commission is responsible for implementing and monitoring EC aid. Their delegate in Addis Ababa, who has extensive facilities for monitoring the use of food aid, has looked carefully into the allegations of misuse, but he found no evidence to confirm them.