Lord Chelwoodasked Her Majesty's Government:
What has prevented the United Nations Relief and Works Agency from gaining access to Burj el-Baranjneh and Shatila Palestine refugee camps in Beirut where thousands, many of them women and children, face the winter without a roof over their heads; and whether they will use their maximum influence to persuade AMAL, through the Lebanese Government or otherwise, to allow this essential humanitarian work to proceed at once.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Glenarthur)Limited UNRWA relief supplies are reaching the camps but failure by both sides to implement the AMAL/Palestinian ceasefire agreement of 11th September is impeding reconstruction work. We continue to urge all parties concerned to allow relief agencies to carry out their work unhindered.