§ Mr. EnrightTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage why no United Kingdom representative stood as a candidate for the World Heritage Committee last year.
§ Mr. SproatWhile the Government fully support the world heritage convention, and have played an active part in nominating sites for inclusion in the world heritage list —there are 10 English world heritage sites—we do not at present consider it necessary to seek election to the World Heritage Committee.
§ Mr. EnrightTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many World Heritage Committee meetings have been(a) held and (b) attended by his Department in the past 10 years.
§ Mr. SproatThe World Heritage Committee meets annually. My Department, and the Department of the Environment before April 1992, has not attended any of the Committee's meetings in the past five years. The Department of the Environment may have attended earlier meetings, but neither my Department nor the DoE has a record of attendances prior to 1989.