HL Deb 21 March 2001 vol 623 c160WA
Lord Judd

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps they will take in preparation for the Earth Summit in 2002 to persuade developed countries to reduce their adverse social and environmental impact on developing countries. [HL1224]

Lord Whitty

In our contribution to international preparations for the World Summit for Sustainable Development (Rio + 10) in 2002, we are firmly committed to improving the nature of developed countries' impacts on developing countries to promote sustainable development in the whole. Examples of this approach include pursuing trade policy beneficial to developing countries as set out in last December's White Paper on Globalisation,Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work, and pursuing more sustainable patterns of consumption and production through pressing for the early entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol and promotion of resource efficient technologies.