§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the organisations within Government, but outside his own Department, for which he now has overall responsibility.
§ Mr. RipponI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on Tuesday 26th June about my overall responsibility. I have direct responsibility for the Countryside Commission and, subject to the Nature Conservancy Council Bill becoming law, the Nature Conservancy Council.