HC Deb 04 March 1993 vol 220 cc262-3W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he received the report of the financial sector working group of his advisory committee on business and the environment; and when he expects to respond.

Mr. Maclean

My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment received the report of the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment's financial sector working group on 6 January. He and my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade have welcomed the report and circulated it widely. They will respond to this report and other recommendations from the advisory committee in response to the committee's final report, which is expected in May.