§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions he has personally attended the European Economic Community Council of Environment Ministers.
§ Mr. RidleyI have delegated the leadership of the United Kingdom delegation to this Council to the Minister responsible for the environment, currently my noble Friend the Minister for Housing, Environment and Countryside and previously my noble Friend the Minister for the Environment, Countryside and Water, and the Minister for the Environment, Countryside and Planning. They have all performed with outstanding success.