HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 cc41-3W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list for each member of the ECGD Advisory Committee how much ECGD business has been undertaken in respect of which the member has a declared financial interest. [105419]

Mr. Caborn

The amount of business for which ECGD has provided cover for companies or banks in which EGAC members have declared a financial interest is as follows:

Member Date of entry Company in which interest held Business since date of entry £ million
David Harrison January 1997 Lloyds TSB plc 1281
Liz Airey March 1998 LASMO plc None
Alan Brown September 1998 Barclays plc 124
Stuart Doughty January 1997 Kennedy Construction Ltd. None
A-C Mac Ltd. None
Paramount Performance None
Geoffrey Lynch May 1993 Hiscox plc None

Member Date of entry Company in which interest held Business since date of entry £ million
Peter Mason March 1998 AMEC plc 20
Witchingham Development Ltd. None
David December HSBC plc 17941
McLachlan 1998 Nat West plc 1.3
1 The figures are for finance provided by the banks either as sole lender or member of a lending syndicate (principal amounts only).

Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which countries are off cover for medium/long-term ECGD export credit cover. [105478]

Mr. Caborn

The table shows, from information readily available, those markets where there is no medium/long-term cover available.

The table also includes those markets where only projects meeting the "Good Projects" criteria will be considered. Where no medium-term cover is available ECGD may consider viable hard currency earning projects in the public/private sector (not sovereign) on a case-by-case basis.

Market M/T cover?
Afghanistan N
Burma N
Chad N
Gabon N
Iraq N
Kenya N
Libya N
Nigeria N
Somalia N
Uganda N
R—although no M/L cover available projects can be considered under 'Good Projects' initiative for the following markets
Albania R
Algeria R
Angola R
Argentina R
Armenia R
Azerbaijan R
Bangladesh R
Belarus R
Benin R
Bhutan R
Bosnia-Herzegovina R
Bulgaria R
Burkina Faso R
Burundi R
Cambodia R
Cameroon R
Cape Verde Islands R
CAR R
Comoros R
Congo R
Congo DR R
Cook Islands R
Cote d'Ivoire R
Cuba R
Dominican Republic R
Ecuador R
Equatorial Guinea R
Ethiopia R
Gambia R

Market M/T cover?
Georgia R
Guatemala R
Guinea-Bissau R
Guyana R
Haiti R
Honduras R
Iran R
Jordan R
Kazakhstan R
Kiribati R
Kyrgyzstan R
Laos R
Liberia R
Macedonia R
Madagascar R
Malawi R
Mali R
Marshall Islands R
Mauritania R
Micronesia R
Moldova R
Mozambique R
Nicaragua R
Niger R
Niue R
North Korea R
Northern Marianas R
Pakistan R
Palau R
Peru R
Qatar R
Romania R
Russia R
Rwanda R
St. Lucia R
Samoa R
Sao Tome and Principe R
Senegal R
Serbia and Montenegro R
Seychelles R
Sierra Leone R
Slovakia R
Solomon Islands R
Sudan R
Surinam R
Syria R
Tajikistan R
Tanzania R
Togo R
Turkmenistan R
Tuvalu R
Ukraine R
Uzbekistan R
Venezuela R
Yemen R
Zambia R
Zimbabwe R

Note:

As at 15 January 2000