HC Deb 08 June 1998 vol 313 cc447-8W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations her Department has made to the European Commission regarding the implementation of an Environmental Impact Assessment of the Commission's road rehabilitation programme in Cameroon. [44307]

Clare Short

My Department made representations to the European Commission regarding implementation of an Environmental Impact Assessment when notification of the new road rehabilitation programme was received last year. The EC has assured us that appropriate environmental protection measures will be clearly spelt out in the project document. The project will be considered towards the end of this year by the European Development Fund Committee on which my Department sits.