Written question asked by Stephen Hepburn (Labour) on Thursday, 24 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2002. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Thursday, 31 October 2002 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the latest estimate is of how much of Afghanistan's poppy fields have been destroyed; and what the UK is doing to help the Afghanistan government combat the production of opium; what action the UK is taking to help the Afghanistan Government combat the production of opium; what his latest estimate is of how much of Afghanistan's poppy fields have been destroyed in the last 12 months.

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