Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department is giving to people of Halabjain the current year. [122130]Clare Short: We are supporting the work of Professor Christine Gosden of Liverpool University to develop a prioritised programme, inconjunction with the universities in northern Iraq and the recently established post-graduate school at Halabja. This will benefitthe victims of chemical and biological weapon attacks on the Kurds, principally at Halabja in northern Iraq. The programme willinclude developing proposals for palliative care, curative treatment, and neutralising environmental contamination. We shallconsider providing more substantive assistance on the basis of these proposals. Other donors such as Switzerland, Sweden, Finland,Norway, Italy and the Vatican have shown an interest in providing humanitarian and other support.