§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the final agenda is for the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development. [72449]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Agenda is not yet fully agreed. We strongly support the priority areas of poverty eradication and the sectoral themes of water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity identified by the UN Secretary-General. The developed world must also take concrete steps towards sustainable development by actions to improve our own use of resources. We are also committed to sustainable development in developing countries as witnessed by the increasing proportion of the UK's gross national income devoted to international aid. which will rise to 0.4 per cent, by 2005–06, and through taking forward the important commitments to fair trade, better market access and phasing out of agricultural subsidies and reduction of trade-distorting domestic support as made at Doha.