HC Deb 17 June 1991 vol 193 c31W
39. Mr. Hind

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any plans to increase overseas aid to Myanmar; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Chalker

All aid to the Burmese Government was suspended in a joint decision by the EC Twelve following the repression of dissent in 1988. Other major donors acted similarly. We have no plans to resume aid until there is an improvement in the human rights position in Burma and significant movement towards democracy.