HL Deb 04 March 2002 vol 632 cc1-2WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will place copies of the environmental impact assessment and the resettlement action plan for the Yusefeli dam in the Library of the House. [HL2850]

The Minister for Trade (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

A preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIAR) has been produced and we expect that a resettlement action plan (RAP) will also be produced. The EIAR is not the property of the UK Government, and its release by ECGD would require the consent of the party who has supplied it to ECGD. Such considerations would also apply to the RAP when that document is produced in due course.

Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will impose similar conditions for the export credit support for the Yusefeli project as were set for the Ilisu project; and whether in addition they will make export credit support conditional on Turkey and Georgia reaching agreement on the shared use of the transboundary Coruh River, as recommended by the World Commission on Dams and required by the World Bank. [HL2851]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

We have not changed our view on this matter since I responded to the noble Lord's similar Question on 7 February.

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