§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 31 March, Official Report, column599, whether the Coopers and Lybrand/Sir William Halcrow and Partners value-for-money check contains figures other than Biwaters own published specifications.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe value for money study provided a detailed review of costings supplied by the Biwater group and was based on the group's own costings and those of its prospective suppliers and sub-contractors.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Overseas Development Administration, when considering grant/aid for Biwaters' Malaysia project, took into account the findings of the contemporaneous Nigerian inquiry into similar equipment under Mr. Justice Awoniyi.
§ Mr. Chris PattenI refer the hon. Lady to the answer my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave her on 26 April at columns95–96. The Nigerian Government did not accept the recommendations of the commission of inquiry.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the cost comparisons with other plant of similar purpose and capacity contained in the Coopers and Lybrand/Sir William Halcrow and Partners value-for-money check on Biwaters' Malaysia project.
§ Mr. Chris PattenNo. The report contains commercially confidential information.