§ Baroness Carnegy of Lourasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are yet able to respond to the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology on the Government's proposal for the future of the Nature Conservancy Council.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Hesketh)My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has today written to the noble Lord, Lord Flowers, conveying the Government's response to the Select Committee's most helpful report. A copy has been placed in the Library of both Houses.