§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which Ministers will represent the United Kingdom at the Climate Change Convention in Kyoto in December; and what submissions the United Kingdom is making for the Conference Agenda. [4499]
§ Angela EagleMy right hon. Friend, the Deputy Prime Minister, intends to go to the Kyoto Conference, but the full UK Ministerial representation will be decided nearer the time. The Conference will focus primarily on negotiation of an agreement on post-2000 commitments to mitigate climate change, in the form of a protocol to the Convention or other legal instrument. A copy of a draft protocol submitted by the European Union has been50W placed in the Library. We expect the UK and the EU to play a leading role in those negotiations.