§ Sir Trevor SkeetTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of all those Ministers who have been given a specific responsibility for environmental matters within their respective departmental portfolios.
§ Mr. HeseltineI am responsible, supported by my ministerial colleagues, for all environmental matters within my Department's remit. The current list of Ministers nominated to be responsible for considering the environmental implications of all their Department's policies and spending programmes and for following up the relevant parts of the White Paper "This Common Inheritance" (Cm. 1200) is as follows:
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Lord Chancellor
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mackay of ClashfernEnvironment
The Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine, MPTransport
The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Rifkind, QC, MPEnergy
The Rt. Hon. John Wakeham, MPAgriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Rt. Hon. John Gummer, MPTrade and Industry
The Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley, MPLaw Officers'
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Lyell, QC, MPPrivy Council Office/Office of Arts and Libraries
The Rt. Hon. Tim Renton, MPOverseas Development
The Rt. Hon. Lynda Chalker, MPHome Office
The Rt. Hon. Angela Rumbold, CBE, MPTreasury
Mrs. Gillian Shephard, MPDefence
Kenneth Carlisle, Esq., MPEducation and Science
Michael Fallon, Esq., MPEmployment
Eric Forth, Esq., MPForeign and Commonwealth Office
The Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd, MPHealth
Stephen Dorrell, Esq., MPNorthern Ireland Office
Richard Needham, Esq., MPScottish Office
The Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MPSocial Security
The Lord Henley