Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to prevent the abduction ofchildren in Northern Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army. [157672]Mr. Mullin: The vast majority of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters are the innocent children of civilians, abducted and forcedto fight against their will. The degree of violence and the practice of making children a main target of their war is deeplyrepellent. We are supporting efforts to seek a resolution to this conflict and providing support to rehabilitate children who escapetheir LRA captors. Over the last year the UK has given £1.3 million to UNICEF and Save the Children Fund for reliefactivities, and their work to protect children at risk of abduction and to reintegrate child ex-combatants into society.