§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996. [127693]
§ Dr. HowellsIn accordance with the Act, I have today laid a copy of the report on its implementation during 1999 before both Houses.
Company/market Date of loan Loan value (million) Lender Borrower Stirling International Civil Engineering Ltd. Lesotho 18 November 1991 £49.3 Hill Samuel Bank1 Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Lesotho 14 December 1994 £9.7 Hill Samuel Bank1 Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Kier International Ltd. Lesotho 18 November 1991 £49.3 Hill Samuel Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Lesotho 14 December 1994 £9.7 Hill Samuel Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Romania 14 March 2000 euro 88.3 Deutsche Bank Ministry of Public Works and Territorial Planning Egypt 12 November 1981 £32.0 HSBC Ministry of Development Kvaerner Roving Ltd.2 Lesotho 17 February 1994 £4.7 West Merchant Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority India 2 November 1989 £31.8 West Merchant Bank National Hydroelectric Power Corporation India 11 October 1996 £20.4 Barclays Bank Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation Hong Kong 4 August 1990 £10.4 J. Henry Schroder & Co. Castle Peak Power Co. Ltd. Balfour Beatty Ltd. Lesotho 18 November 1991 £49.3 Hill Samuel Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Lesotho 15 December 1995 £1.8 Hill Samuel Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Lesotho 14 December 1994 £9.7 Hill Samuel Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority China 18 March 1996 £8.2 West Merchant Bank Ltd. Bank of China Netherlands Antilles 10 January 1991 $18.0 Barclays Bank Resort of the World NV Malaysia 12 July 1991 £305.0 J. Henry Schroder & Co. Tenaga Nasional Berhad Thailand 17 August 1994 £15.0 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Provincial Electricity Authority Turkey 30 July 1987 $18.1 Deutsche Bank AG Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction 1 ABN AMRO Bank later took over the loan 2 Now known as GE Energy (UK) Ltd.