HC Deb 17 December 1990 vol 183 cc21-2W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment who represented his Department al: the lecture by Professor I.S. Gray of the university of Oslo on ecological advice and the law in Norway; what report has been made in relation to the system whereby Government White Papers in Norway are sent to ecological experts before presentation to the Norwegian Storting; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry

The chief scientist of my Department was present at this meeting of the British Ecological Society, at which Professor Gray's presentation, among others, was made. I understand that a report of the meeting is being prepared by the British Ecological Society.