§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what resources are currently committed to the United Nations special commission on Iraq; and what plans he has to increase United Kingdom payments to UNSCOM. [35162]
§ Mr. David DavisThe UK makes a significant contribution to the work of the special commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Iraq by putting at their disposal a wide range of expertise and equipment. At the moment, four British nationals are in Iraq on UNSCOM inspections, a further seven are seconded to the Baghdad monitoring centre for periods of up to six months, and four are seconded to UNSCOM in 1021W New York. In the financial year 1994–95 the total cost of UK support for UNSCOM was £1.1 million.
There are no plans to change the level of our support.