HC Deb 17 January 1989 vol 145 cc161-2W
Sir Hector Monro

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the Government's contribution towards the Lockerbie air disaster appeal.

Mr. Rifkind

The sum of £150,000 has been contributed to the appeal fund. Parliamentary approval for this will be sought in a supplementary Supply Estimate for the prisons, hospitals and community health services, etc., Scotland Vote (Class XVI, Vote 14). Pending that approval this expenditure has been met by a repayable advance from the contingencies fund.