HC Deb 19 November 2001 vol 375 cc3-4W
Mr. Fallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received on the Ilisu Dam project from the Secretary of State for International Development. [15129]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 15 November 2001]: I have received no representations on the Ilisu Dam project from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development. Turkey is not a country where the Department for International Development has a programme.

Mr. Fallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will place in the Library copies of the consultants' reports on the Environmental Impact Assessment report and the Resettlement Action Plan on the Ilisu Dam project. [15131]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 15 November 2001]: I will place copies of the consultants' reports on the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and the Resettlement Action Plan on the Ilisu Dam project in the Library after showing them to the Turkish Government and the other Export Credit Agencies considering support for the project. The reports will also be placed on ECGD' s website.

Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions there have been on the Ilisu Dam project; and if he will make a statement. [15316]

Ms Hewitt

Discussions have recently taken place between officials of the Government Departments with an interest in the project (ECGD, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Trade Partners UK and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) regarding the assessment of both the reports produced by independent consultants on the Environmental Assessment Report (EIAR) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and the comments received from the public and other interest groups. The consultants' reports will be made publicly available in due course. However, Balfour Beatty have now withdrawn from the project.