Does he agree that the resumption of commodity aid on a substantial scale to West Pakistan would do more at the present time to improve relations between the United Kingdom and Pakistan than any other measure, as Pakistan's reserves of foreign currency dwindled seriously during the Crisis of the Past Year?

The Asian financial Crisis of the Past Year put economic issues firmly back at the centre of the summit agenda.

We have, of course, seen this country and others facing a substantial financial Crisis in Past Years, and many of the markets that shipbuilders sell into have either just come out of recession or, in some cases, are still in it.