The Prime Minister's Concern Is to Limit British Financial Exposure in Funding Famine Relief

His primary concern when he's looking at aid is to limit british financial exposure in funding relief for starving people. The loss of the potato crop in 18 forty five is estimated at three and a half million pounds. A hundred thousand pounds worth of imported corn is able to stop mass famine that year. But peel's actions cause outrage among his fellow conservatives. He attempts to repeal the corn laws because, again, this isn't going to stop after a year.