§ 31. Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what subjects he will seek to place on the agenda of the Stockholm Conference on the Environment.
§ The Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Peter Walker)An agenda has been prepared by the United Nations Conference Secretariat centred upon a plan for action on those environmental matters commanding the widest world interest. The Government look to the conference in particular for progress towards a global convention on marine pollution, the establishment of a workmanlike system for the exchange of environmental information and a dispassionate examination of major environmental issues.
§ Mr. ClarkWill the Minister raise at the Stockholm conference the subject of industrial obsolescence and the pollution problems connected with it? Many parts of the country suffer terribly from age-old industrial pollution, which is also a problem throughout Europe.
§ Mr. WalkerYes, Sir. One of the major papers pat in by the British Government will deal with many aspects of this problem.