§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the members of the United Kingdom delegation to the international conference on conservation and development in Canada; how many United Kingdom delegates are women; if the Overseas Development Administration health and population division is represented; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe world conservation strategy conference, to be held in Ottawa from 31 May to 5 June, is not an intergovernmental conference. However, a number of British organisations will be represented. The Department of the Environment will be represented by my hon. Friend the Minister for Environment, Countryside and Local Government. Within the United Kingdom the occasion will be marked by the publication of the United Kingdom Government's response to the world conservation strategy, "Conservation and Development: The British Approach," which will record the United Kingdom's achievements in the field of environmental conservation, and relate these to the guiding principles of the world conservation strategy.
80WThe Overseas Development Administration will be represented at the conference by Mr. Eamoinn Taylor from its natural resources and environment department and Dr. David Butcher, its senior social development adviser with special responsibility for women in development. In representing the ODA, this team will incorporate the concerns of the health and population department.