§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effects the road blocks established by Croatian forces around the village of Krusica have had on the assistance being given by the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment to the provision of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in that area of Bosnia-Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HanleyA well-organised group of Bosnian Croat women have established a road block on the only road into the village of Kruscica, and are preventing Prince of Wales's Own Regiment and the UNHCR from crossing it to deliver aid. British forces on the ground are monitoring the situation within the village of Kruscica closely and they assess that the population of Kruscica, who are resourceful and resolute, are surviving well; some aid does reach the village via mountain tracks and as crops near harvest more food will become available. British forces also assess that it would be unwise to try to use force to cross the road block because it would probably destabilise an already volatile situation.