§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to increase aid to (i) Angola, (ii) Mozambique and (iii) Eritrea and Ethiopia.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe have committed £0.8 million of humanitarian aid to Angola this year and plan to increase this to £2 million if the security situation permits safe access for aid organisations. Three thousand tons of bilateral food aid has also been allocated. We will consider providing further assistance depending on the situation.
We spent over £31 million in Mozambique in 1992–93. We also expect to spend significant sums this year but with a higher proportion of rehabilitation and longer term development activities than last year when the greater need was for drought relief.
We plan to commit £10 million to bilateral projects in Ethiopia over the next two years, and £1 million to Eritrea.
We shall continue to provide major contributions to these countries through our share of the development programmes of the multilateral agencies. In addition the EC Development Council on 25 May, agreed a resolution 498W calling for the Community to implement an urgent rehabilitation programme of at least 100 mecu, drawn mainly from the European development fund, for certain African countries including Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Eritrea.