HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 cc264-5W
Ms Walley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the meeting between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to discuss MAI on 21 April. [40174]

Mrs. Roche

Ministers and officials from the Department are in constant contact across Whitehall on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. The meeting of 21 April covered the current position of MAI negotiations. The Government will continue to press for strong language on the environment and labour issues in the MAI and would not support an MAI which failed to address these issues adequately.