§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contribution has been made by the United Kingdom to mine-clearing operations overseas in terms of financial costs and other forms of support.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have been asked to reply.
Since April 1991 the ODA has funded the following humanitarian mine clearance operations:
mine clearance as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, and advice to the Government of Kuwait on mine clearance operations.
The European Community also supports humanitarian mine clearance operations in for instance Afghanistan and northern Iraq. Part of the funding for such operations is borne by the United Kingdom.