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	answer has question	uZPjI4gU
	answer has answering person	William Ernest Rammell
	answer text	Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has used funds (a) toprovide alternative employment for workers previously employed in the poppy industry and (b) to purchase poppy crops inAfghanistan since 1997. [222196]Mr. Rammell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Secretary if State for International Development gavehim on 9 March 2005, Official Report, columns 1801-02W.The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not, as part of its programme, purchased any poppy crops in Afghanistan.Department for International Development activity in this area forms part of the UK's support for the Afghan 2005 Counter NarcoticsImplementation Plan, details of which are contained in my written statement of 10 March 2005, Official Report, columns121-23WS.
	answer given date	2005-03-21
	answer has answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	written answer has answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	answering body has written answer	YVt7iVYE
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	answering body has answer	YVt7iVYE
uZPjI4gU	question has answer	YVt7iVYE
William Ernest Rammell	answering person has answer	YVt7iVYE