§ 93. Mr. ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress on the United Nations international children's emergency fund global immunisation programme to eradicate the six preventable diseases, and the United Kingdom contribution thereto.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe amount committed to immunisation projects had risen at 4 March—the latest date for which figures are available—to $215 million. The United Kingdom has contributed a further £4–43 million to five UNICEF country projects which include immunisation and mother and child health care.