HL Deb 20 May 1999 vol 601 cc57-8WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is their intention that the Export Credits Guarantee Department should insure the dam that is to be built in Turkey from the headwaters of the Tigris. a transboundary waterway, dispute the 1997 international instrument requiring co-operation with other parties dependent on those waters. [HL2339]

Lord Simon of Highbury

Ministers are currently considering this case and have yet to make a decision on whether ECGD support should be made available for this project. The question of riparian rights is one of the issues which is being addressed.