§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 25 July, what804W form of minutes of the consultations between representatives of the European Economic Community member states concerned the proposal to include Lululla arborea in appendix II of the Berne convention are available to his Department; and to what extent such records reveal the indentity of those countries which raised objections to the inclusion of that bird in that appendix.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley; The consultation took place at a community co-ordination meeting in December 1987. The minutes of the proceedings of such meetings are normally confidential.