asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will urgently dispatch aid and supplies to the Palestinian refugee camp at Bourj el Barajneh in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Mr. Soames) on 13 February. Regrettably little has changed, although a small amount of food has been allowed into the camp. We remain ready to provide help through the international agencies involved immediately it becomes possible to take more substantial supplies into the camp.