§ Ms StuartTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures she is taking to alleviate the suffering of people living in Baghdad-controlled Iraq. [34609]
§ Clare ShortBritain co-sponsored the UN Security Council Resolution passed on 20 February, which increased the oil-for-food provision to $5.256 billion over 180 days, and is sponsoring a meeting to work with the UN to improve implementation of Security Council Resolution 1153.
I am pleased to announce that we are also starting a new bilateral programme worth about £7 million to relieve the suffering inflicted on the ordinary people in Iraq, particularly the children, by Saddam Hussein.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will provide support to the Baghdad office of the World Health Organisation in its planned research into the health effects on people in southern Iraq of the dispersal of depleted uranium dust. [33975]
§ Clare ShortWe have no information that the World Health Organisation is seeking assistance for such a study.