§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department was represented at the meeting on guidelines for environmental reporting and disclosure by multinational companies sponsored by the United Nations conference on trade and development, held in Geneva on 13 to 17 March; and if he will obtain a copy of the report of the meeting and place it in the Library. [17884]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Department of Trade and Industry arranges representation at UNCTAD' s intergovernmental working group of experts on international standards of accounting and reporting. The 1283W UK delegate to the sessions on environmental reporting at ISAR's meeting on 13 to 17 March was Professor Keith Maunders of the university of Hull. I will arrange for a copy of the report of the meeting, when it is available, to be placed in the Library.