Zimbabwe: British Food Aid

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:30 pm on 19 January 2004.

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Photo of Lord Acton Lord Acton Labour 2:30, 19 January 2004

My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the current appeal for vulnerable Zimbabweans by the UN World Food Programme has fallen short by 40 million dollars? Is she aware that, as a result, in this month the World Food Programme can feed a totally inadequate diet to only 3.2 million people and cannot feed a further 300,000 people at all? Britain has been very generous in this matter, but can the Government try to find some more money? Can they encourage Germany, Japan and other countries to do the same thing?