asked the Minister of Overseas Development what provision of milk powder has been made by the EEC as food aid to any Third World nation since January 1974; what were the costs to FEOGA and the country concerned and the relevant totals; and whether any part of these shipments is used for supply of commercially marketed baby foods in any of the countries concerned.

The Community's 1974 programme allocated 55,000 metric tons of skimmed milk between 19 countries and organisations, at an estimated value of about £17 million. My Ministry is urgently seeking details of the milk powder sent to Third World nations in 1974 from this and earlier EEC programmes. As soon as this is received I shall have copies placed in the Library of the House.The Community primarily provides the milk for recombination into whole fat milk for needy urban areas—as in India's Operation Dairy Flood—or for properly supervised use by international organisations. In a few cases where recipient countries intend to sell the milk powder locally, the Community is seeking guarantees prior to supply that it will not be marketed in ways that might result in its unsupervised use as artificial baby food. The United Kingdom has played a major part in the World Health Organisation campaign to draw attention to the dangers of manufactured foodstuffs in the feeding of infants.

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list in the Official Reportthe agreements made by the EEC for food aid in cereals to nations of the Third World, since January 1974, stating in each case the costs to the EEC and the nation concerned including the relevant quantities and totals.