§ 52. Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aid his Department is channelling to Romania; and if he has considered the extension of the know-how fund beyond Poland and Hungary.
§ Mr. WaldegraveAs well as the initial consignment of medical supplies sent to Romania on 24 December, we have given medical equipment and literature. Five victims of the December fighting arrived in the United Kingdom for urgent treatment on 31 January. We made a major contribution to the £7.5 million of emergency medical and food supplies sent by the EC between 22 and 31 December, and shall also do so in relation to the further £27 million food aid package which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs agreed with EC colleagues on 20 January. Furthermore, my right hon. Friend announced on 22 January that the know-how fund will be expanded to include other countries of eastern Europe, as well as Poland and Hungary, once they are firmly committed to reform.