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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Sadiq Khan (Labour). It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Relief Effort (Pakistan)

Question
What role UK Chinooks have played in disaster relief in Pakistan.
Answer

UK armed forces have provided significant and wide-ranging assistance to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. That has included three heavy-lift Chinook helicopters, a specialist 86-man light engineering team, a four-person mobile medical team, four logistics planners, three C130 transport aircraft as part of the NATO air bridge, and 24,000 vegetarian and halal ration packs.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
440 c1102 
36106 
Session
2005-06
Oral question type
Lead
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disaster relief Pakistan Chinook helicopters Earthquakes Military aid
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk