§ 75. Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any plans to have the issue of preservation of the world's remaining areas of tropical rain forest raised at the United Nations.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThis important issue is already high on the agenda of the Food and Agriculture Organisation within the United Nations system. We also strongly support the activities of the tropical forestry action plan and the International Tropical Timber Organisation.