§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action on malnutrition and infant mortality in Iraq he has taken since the meeting in the Foreign Office between the Under-Secretary responsible for the middle east and the hon. Member for Linlithgow on 22 June.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydSince the meeting referred to, £1 million has been transferred through the United Nations escrow account to the World Food Programme (WFP) for purchasing part of the crop in the north of Iraq to help feed the Kurds. We have also agreed to finance a programme of water and sanitation work in schools in the south to he carried out by CARE. However, responsibility for the condition of the people in Iraq rests with Saddam Hussein. If the Iraqi Government would accept the conditions set out under United Nations Security Council resolutions 706 and 712, it could sell its oil and provide $1.6 billion worth of humanitarian aid for its people.