§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when the Government will announce its conclusions on the sulphur protocol, and its impact on the coal industry. [31880]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 27 February 1998]: The UNECE Second Sulphur Protocol was signed in 1994 and ratified in 1996 by the previous Government. The Government have no plans to announce retrospective conclusions on the Protocol and its impacts.