§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy during the United Kingdom presidency of the European Community, to press the international community to fund the entire $854 million requested in the United Nations and Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference appeal.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe have already committed more than £51 million of bilateral aid in response to the drought in southern Africa. From the outset we have played a leading role in urging EC and other donors to contribute generously and we will continue to do so.