§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish details of the measures taken in England following the recommendations of the 1995 world Government meeting on land-based sources of marine pollution; and if he will make a statement. [22229]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe UK delegation took a leading part in the conference organised by the UN environment programme in Washington DC on 23 October to 3 November 1995, which adopted the global programme of action for the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities. This programme of action reflects the approach being adopted throughout the United Kingdom, and by the other states in north-west Europe, to this task. Implementation in England will therefore be achieved by continuing our present policies.