§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to give assistance to forces which are resisting the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonI refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave to him on 20 November, at column 312. It is our policy to continue to give humanitarian assistance to the non-Communist resistance. We have pledged £200,000 for268W this purpose in 1986–87. We do not provide military assistance nor assistance in cash. Nor do we provide any assistance to the Khmer Rouge.