§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Prime Minister in how many instances papers for Cabinet and for ministerial committees have included a note of significant costs or benefits to the environment, during the course of the past year.
§ The Prime Minister"Questions of Procedure for Ministers", published in May 1992, states that memoranda circulated to Cabinet or a ministerial committee should, where appropriate, cover any significant costs or benefits to the environment—paragraph 1.2. I do not propose to give details of papers considered by Cabinet or Cabinet Committees.