HC Deb 03 February 2000 vol 343 cc736-7W
Mr. Spring

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many schools in the Government's action zones have received National Lottery funds to develop sporting opportunities. [107969]

Kate Hoey

Five schools located within the recently announced Sport Action Zones have received National Lottery awards from Sport England. The details are as follows:

Zones have not been finalised and some of those schools may not be in the eventually designated Zone. Details are as follows:

made concerning the welfare of the Christian population of South Lebanon in the event of an Israeli withdrawal from the region. [108064]

Mr. Hain

Stability will be crucial to ensuring that the rights of all communities in Lebanon are safeguarded. It is the responsibility of all those involved to ensure that any Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon is orderly and carried out within a framework which ensures stability.

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his international colleagues concerning(a) the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon and (b) the protection of a Christian enclave until that has occurred. [108063]

Mr. Hain

I discuss the Middle East Peace Process regularly with EU and other colleagues. The Government support United Nations Security Council Resolutions 520 and 425. We look forward to the Lebanese Government's full exercise of its authority throughout the country. We monitor the human rights situation in Lebanon, as in the rest of the Middle East and elsewhere.

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