§ Mr. CarttissTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress was made during the United Kingdom presidency of the EC in regulating transfrontier shipments of waste.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Environment Council reached agreement on the waste shipments regulation and on a decision on the conclusion, by the Community and its member states, of the United Nations Environment Programme's Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms. Walley) on 27 October 1992, Official Report, column 534 and the answer my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment gave my hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Mr. Thomason) on 17 December, Official Report, column 506.