§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial assistance was made available in 1998 to other countries for land mine clearance in those countries; and if she will make a statement. [72558]
§ Clare ShortThe Department for International Development (DFID) has committed over £6.2 million to humanitarian mine action, to date, in 1998–99. Clearance projects account for the major part of this programme.
DFID's progress report on humanitarian mine action for 1998 and its future plans will be published on 1 March, marking the passing into international law of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Landmines and on their Destruction.