§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Mr. Jones),Official Report, 3 May, column 646, he will publish in the Official Report a full list of the publications on environmental impact of equipment produced for his Department to which he refers.
§ Mr. NeubertIt would require disproportionate cost to identify and list all the publications by the Department which refer to the environmental impact of defence equipment. These range from the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1990 to, where appropriate, environmental impact assessments of individual projects.
§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Mr. Jones),Official Report, 3 May, column 646, on the ordering of equipment for his Department, he will now make it his policy to make it a condition of purchase for his departmental suppliers that they conduct an environmental audit of their corporate operations.
§ Mr. NeubertNo, it is the responsibility of the individual companies concerned to make sure that their corporate operations meet the appropriate environmental legislation and regulations.