HL Deb 09 May 2001 vol 625 cc214-5WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Danube Commission has yet let contracts for clearing the river for navigation (a European Union-funded project); and, if not, when it intends to do so. [HL2064]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

A project director was appointed in April and tenders for the clearance work have been published. Riverbed surveys have been made and the Danube Commission remains on course to meet its objective of creating a navigable channel at Novi Sad by late summer or early autumn this year.