§ Lord Norrieasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish in the Official Report a list of those Ministers who have been given a specific responsibility for environmental matters within their respective departmental portfolios.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (Baroness Blatch)My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment is responsible, supported by his ministerial colleagues, for all environmental matters within his department's remit. The current list of Ministers nominated to be responsible for considering the environmental implications of all their department's policies and spending programmes and for following up the relevant parts of the White PaperThis Common Inheritance (Cm. 1200) is as follows:
Department and Minister
Lord Chancellor
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mackay of Clashfern
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The Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine, MP
Transport
The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Rifkind, QC, MP
Energy
The Rt. Hon. John Wakeham, MP
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Rt. Hon. John Gummer, MP
Trade and Industry
The Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley, MP
Law Officers
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Lyell, QC, MP
Privy Council Office/Office of Arts and Libraries
The Rt. Hon. Tim Renton, MP
Overseas Development
The Rt. Hon. Lynda Chalker, MP
Home Office
The Rt. Hon. Angela Rumbold, CBE, MP
Treasury
Mrs. Gillian Shephard, MP
Defence
Kenneth Carlisle, Esq., MP
Education and Science
Michael Fallon, Esq., MP
Employment
Eric Forth, Esq., MP
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd, MP
Health
Stephen Dorrell, Esq., MP
Northern Ireland Office
Richard Needham, Esq., MP
Scottish Office
The Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MP
Social Security
The Lord Henley