HC Deb 06 June 1991 vol 192 c292W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to provide help to Sierra Leone in dealing with intruders along its frontiers.

Mrs. Chalker

The Sierra Leone Government have made a non-specific request for military aid to deal with intruders from Liberia to which we are responding.

Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will provide details of the Sierra Leone request for aid in dealing with Liberian intruders along its frontiers.

Mrs. Chalker

We are supplying a quantity of non-lethal defence equipment to the Sierra Leone army.