§ Mr. FauldsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if, in view of reported atrocities by the Ethiopian armed forces against civilians in Eritrea and Tigray, he will seek to procure the termination of support for the present Ethiopian regime through the Lome conventions;
(2) whether he will consult his European partners in the Twelve as to the propriety of continuing Lome aid to Ethiopia in the light of its activities in the north of that country;
(3) if he will take steps to reduce by £25.3 million the United Kingdom component of long-term aid to Ethiopia under Lomé III until the Ethiopian regime ceases its operations against civilians.
§ Mr. Chris PattenI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27 February at column1.