HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 cc346-7W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the response made to the proposals sent to the Overseas Development Administration by, and the administration's contacts with, Dr. Darrel Posey and Professor Fittkau, on the need to protect the intellectual property rights of native peoples in relation to the sale of rain forest pharmaceuticals and rain forest ice-cream.

Mrs. Chalker

The Overseas Development Administration has received no proposals from, or had contacts with, Dr. Darrel Posey and Professor Fittkau on this subject, though I understand Dr. Posey is in the United Kingdom this week and my officials may be able to contact him.

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