§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation within Palestinian refugee camps; what assistance her Department provides to the refugee camps; and if she intends to increase aid to the refugee camps. [48966]
§ Hilary Benn[pursuant to Clare Short's reply, 15 April 2002, column 730W]I apologise for the error contained in my right hon. Friend's reply. The answer should read:
We have steadily increased our financial and technical support to UNRWA, from £6 million in 1997 to £25 million in 2001 in response to the rising needs.