HC Deb 11 November 2003 vol 413 c189W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what assessment her Department has made of the(a) impact and (b) cost to UK companies of the 1998 Brazilian Government decree recognizing and officially demarcating the lands of the Marubo, Matis, Matses, Kanamari, Kulina and Korobo peoples in the Javari valley in Western Amazonia as an indigenous area; and if she will make a statement; [136935]

(2) what assessment her Department has made of the (a) impact on and (b) cost to UK companies of the 1998 reclamation by the native Guarany; peoples of the Jarara, Sucuiy, Lima Ry and Potrero Guacu communities in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; and if she will make a statement. [136936]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

None, since no representations have been made to this department on this issue.

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