HC Deb 01 November 1989 vol 159 c261W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what guidelines he has laid down for the import of timber from tropical rain forests; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwood

Guidelines for sustainable forest management would need to be established at the international level. The United Kingdom itself and the EC as a whole are promoting work on this issue at the International Tropical Timber Organisation's current meeting in Japan.