§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if Her Majesty's Government will expedite the ratification Council of Europe convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats.
§ Mr. MonroThe ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the Conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats cannot be put in hand until the enactment of the Wildlife and 727W Countryside Bill, but it is then the intention of Her Majesty's Government to ratify this convention.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish a list of the common names of the species protected by the Council of Europe convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats.
§ Mr. MonroThe official text of the convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats was laid before Parliament on 20 February 1980 and copies of the appendices to the convention annotated to show the English equivalents of the Latin names were made available in the parliamentary Libraries on the same day.