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Written question asked by Khalid Mahmood (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 December 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Relief Effort (Pakistan)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the UK armed forces have assisted the relief effort in Pakistan.
Answer

UK armed forces have provided significant and wide-ranging assistance to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. This has included three heavy lift Chinook helicopters, a specialist 86-man light engineering team, a four-person mobile medical team, four logistics planners, three C-130 transport aircraft as part of the NATO air-bridge, and 24,000 vegetarian and halal ration packs.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36105; 440 c1681-2W;440 c1681-2W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Disaster relief Pakistan Earthquakes Military aid
Link
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