§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will propose the establishment of common environmental standards among the G8 nations in respect of these countries' export credit agencies. [69525]
§ Mr. WilsonAt their meeting in May 1998, G8 Foreign Ministers concluded, inter alia, that
building on efforts in the OECD on taking environmental factors into account when providing official export credits, we encourage further work by the OECD to this end and ask for a report back next year".The UK will continue to support the OECD initiative, including through the 1999 G8 process.