HC Deb 11 November 1985 vol 86 cc35-6W
83. Mr. Freeman

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further assistance he can make available to refugees who are victims of the African famine.

Mr. Powley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further assistance he can make available to refugees who are victims of the African famine.

Mr. Raison

I have decided to make available a further £1.225 million. Of this £0.2 million is being allocated to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; £0.525 million to the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; and £0.5 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

These sums are additional to the £750,000 I approved last month, of which £500,000 was for the International Committee of the Red Cross and £250,000 for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.