§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on his policy on the Biodiversity convention being prepared for the United Nations conference on Environment and Development being held in Rio De Janeiro in June 1992.
§ Mr. BaldryI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to paragraph 4.26 of the Environment White Paper, "This Common Inheritance", (Cmnd. 1200), confirming the Government's support for international efforts led by the United Nations Environment Programme to agree a global convention for the conservation of biological diversity. It is intended that the convention should be ready for signing during the 1992 conference.