§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they support the 1984 United Nations Mexico City Plan of Action asserting that "abortion in no way should be promoted as a method of family planning", and whether they currently fund any organisations that oppose such a policy; and
Whether the United Nations Family Planning Association and the International Planned Parenthood Federation support the 1984 United Nations Mexico City Plan of Action which asserted that "abortion in no way should be promoted as a method of family planning" and, if not, whether they will reconsider their decision to fund these two organisations.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)The more recent Programme of Action, agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994, restates the policy agreed at Mexico: "In no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning". We support this policy, as do the United Nations Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation. We would not fund any organisation which did not subscribe to this policy.