§ 13. Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures arc in place to reduce the production of heroin in Afghanistan. [132051]
Mr. Gareth ThomasThe Afghan Transitional Administration have produced the Afghan National Drug Control Strategy and the UK Government arc working in support of that strategy. The UK has committed to provide £70 million over the next three years to target opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. This funding will be used for lay enforcement, alternative livelihoods, institution building and research. DFID are providing funding for a range of alternative livelihoods activities designed to provide those involved in opium poppy cultivation with other ways of earning a living.