§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the full environmental impact assessment report on the Ilisu dam to be completed. [145924]
§ Mr. CabornWe understand that the revised environmental impact assessment report was presented to the Turkish authorities in December. The Export Credits Guarantee Department is awaiting an invitation to a presentation of the report to the export credit agencies involved in the project. We do not yet know when this will take place. We have said that the report will be made publicly available before a decision is taken regarding ECGD support. However the report is not our property, and we cannot make it available without permission of the owners, Sulzer, the Swiss main contractor. The Export Credits Guarantee Department has written to Sulzer recommending that the report should be made publicly available as soon as possible.