HC Deb 23 January 1989 vol 145 c369W
47. Mr. Maples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met officials of the Food and Agriculture Organisation; and what issues were discussed.

Mr. Chris Patten

I met the director-general on 13 December 1988. We discussed the locust situation in Africa and the threat to the world's tropical rain forests. I received a report on progress of the review of the Food and Agriculture Organisation's objectives and functions.

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