HC Deb 17 December 1997 vol 303 cc195-6W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list each of the delegations with whom he held meetings at the climate change conference in Kyoto; and if he will place in the Library copies of(a) all papers submitted by the United Kingdom to the conference and (b) all papers made available to the United Kingdom delegation by other parties to the conference in the period up to and including 10 December. [20770]

Mr. Meacher

During the recent climate change conference in Kyoto, my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister and I held meetings with representatives from the following delegations:

  • The European Commission and the member states of the European Union
  • The Group of 77 (represented by Tanzania, India, China, Malaysia, Uganda, The Philippines, Colombia and Iran)
  • The United States of America
  • Japan Australia
  • New Zealand
  • India
  • The United Nations Climate Change Secretariat

In addition, the UK delegation had meetings at official level with a wide range of other countries including Canada, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Russia, Pakistan and St. Kitts-Nevis.

I will shortly place in the Library copies of the Deputy Prime Minister's statement to the Conference and copies of those statements made by other parties which were made available to the United Kingdom delegation.