HC Deb 16 November 1992 vol 214 cc63-4W
Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if Her Majesty's Government will make direct assistance available immediately to instal heating in refugee camps in former Yugoslav military barracks and prisons in Slovenia;

(2) what representations he has received from the Slovenian Foreign Office regarding assistance to refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina currently in Slovenia; and if he will make a statement;

(3) how much of the United Kingdom aid for humanitarian assistance in the former Yugoslavia has gone to assist refugees in Slovenia.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

[holding answer 11 November 1992]: Representatives of the Slovenian embassy have held discussions with ODA officials. We have committed more than £70 million for humanitarian assistance to the former Yugoslavia. This includes nearly £8 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other UN agencies, who are assisting refugees throughout the former Yugoslavia, including Slovenia.

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