§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport who his Department's green Minister is; when they(a) have attended and (b) plan to attend meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee; what the outcomes of meetings were for his Department's activities; and if he will make a statement. [65990]
§ Mr. JamiesonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster) on 26 June 2002,Official Report, column 882W. I am the Department for Transport's Green Minister and was appointed to ENV(G) on 24 June 2002.
Following the General Election in June 2001, the previously informal Green Ministers Committee was upgraded to a Cabinet Sub-Committee of ENV and it is established practice under exemption two of Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information not to disclose information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees. Therefore I cannot relate progress or outcomes by my Department to anything that has been discussed.