§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on current Government support for programmes designed to protect the rain forests.
§ Mr. Chris PattenWe are working with others internationally and through our aid programme to promote the sustainable management of this important resource. As I indicated on 9 May, in reply to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes), at column9, our bilateral forestry projects include schemes in Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Brazil and the Ivory Coast.