§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what methods his Department uses to assess transparency in accounting for the expenditure by the Sudanese Government of its oil revenues. [110382]
§ Mr. HainOil was first exported from Sudan in August 1999 and the Government of Sudan have a 5 per cent. stake. We have pressed for revenues to be used for development projects and for transparency in the oil account. The Government of Sudan have made public assurances that this will happen. We shall look to them to honour those assurances and shall remain focused on this issue as evidence becomes available.