Written question asked by John MacDougall (Labour) on Thursday, 4 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 November 2004. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. (Failed OPQ).

Answer: Mr. MacDougall: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. [197146] Hilary Benn: Iraqi ministries, United Nations agencies, the Red Cross and Red Crescent, and Iraqi NGOs and citizens are providing emergency humanitarian assistance where people are affected by fighting. An Emergency Working Group has been established to coordinate these efforts. DFID has committed £333 million to humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in Iraq since March 2003, contributing towards the progress that has been made in restoring essential services, delivering food rations, reopening hospitals and schools and beginning the process of longer-term reconstruction.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 426 c694W;426 c698-9W; 197146
Session: 2003-04
Question not reached: Yes
Subjects: Development aid International assistance Humanitarian aid Iraq Reconstruction
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk