§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he is satisfied that Her Majesty's Government's food aid is properly distributed in Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonIn general, yes. The Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, with whom we co-operate closely over plans for distribution, administer most of it. Transport and distribution are monitored by the World Food Programme on our behalf and we finance two British members of their monitoring team. The remainder is distributed by British voluntary agencies working in Ethiopia.