Mrs. Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on expenditure onfamily planning programmes in developing countries. [338]Clare Short: Better sexual and reproductive health, including family planning, will be a priority for department. We believe thatwomen and men in the developing world are entitled to the means to plan their families, to maintain good sexual and reproductivehealth and to have safe pregnancies. We will work at all levels to promote the principles of the 1994 Cairo Conference and ensurethat the Programme of Action is realised.