China Western Poverty Reduction Project

HL Deb 14 June 1999 vol 602 c3WA

Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, since neither the World Bank's staff appraisal report nor the English version of the environmental impact assessment on the proposed China Western Poverty Reduction Project has yet been published, they will instruct the United Kingdom Director of the World Bank to seek deferment of the decision on the project to allow non-governmental organisations a reasonable time in which to study these reports and make representations to the World Bank. [HL2771]

Baroness Amos

The World Bank's staff appraisal report on this project was made available at the end of last week and has just been received in London. It is now being studied. Discussions are continuing in Washington about the timing of consideration by the bank's board.

Table 1: ILO Unemployment Rates for selected EU countries, 1990–98—Spring of each year, not seasonally adjusted
Per cent
	EU 12	Belgium	Denmark	Germany	Greece	Spain	France	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Portugal	UK
1990	8.4	7.3	8.3	4.9	7.0	16.3	9.4	14.1	9.8	1.6	7.7	4.6	6.8
1991	8.6	7.0	9.1	5.3	7.7	15.9	9.2	15.8	10.1	1.5	7.3	3.9	8.4
1992	9.2	6.7	9.0	6.3	7.8	17.7	10.2	15.0	9.4	2.0	5.6	4.0	9.7
1993	10.6	8.1	10.7	7.7	8.6	22.2	11.4	15.6	10.3	2.3	6.3	5.3	10.3
1994	11.4	9.6	8.0	8.7	8.9	24.3	12.7	14.6	11.3	3.5	7.2	6.7	9.6
1995	10.8	9.3	7.0	8.2	9.1	22.7	11.9	12.0	11.8	2.9	7.2	7.1	8.6
1996	11.0	9.5	6.8	8.8	9.7	22.2	12.4	11.7	12.2	3.3	6.4	7.3	8.2
1997	10.9	9.0	5.4	9.9	9.6	20.9	12.6	10.2	12.4	2.5	5.5	6.6	7.1
1998	—	9.3	5.1	9.8	11.7	18.9	12.1	—	12.4	2.8	4.4	4.7	6.1

Source:

Labour Force Survey, ONS and Eurostat.