§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will commission during the United Kingdom Presidency an environmental and social impact assessment of the EC decision to fund the upgrading of roads in the rainforests of Cameroon. [25886]
§ Clare ShortThe EC will be assessing the environmental and social aspects of the proposed road maintenance project as part of its standard project preparation procedures. The project will be considered by the European Development Fund Committee on which my Departments sits. There are no plans to commission a separate assessment.