§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 17 June,Official Report, column 686, if he will give further details of the OECD meeting in Paris to which the report on sustainable development was presented.
§ The Prime MinisterThe United Kingdom progress report to the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development was made available to delegates attending the third meeting of the environment policy committee of the OECD held in Paris on 9 to 11 June. This was one of a regular series of meetings which enables Governments of industrialised countries to exchange views on issues of environmental policy. On this occasion the agenda included a review of the follow-up to last year's Earth summit. The committee will next meet in December.