§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answers to the hon. Member for Newport, West,Official Report, 14 May, columns 67–68, (a) how many meetings of the advisory committee on business and the environment have been held, (b) on how many occasions Ministers or officials of his Department have met the committee, (c) whether the committee has produced any reports to Ministers on its work to date and (d) if he will make a statement on progress made by the committee.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 18 October 1991]The advisory committee on business and the environment has had two full meetings since it was established by my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in May 1991. It has also established three working groups on recycling, global warming and environmental management, each of which has met several times. My right hon. Friends and I. and other ministerial colleagues, have met members of the committee on several occasions, and our officials have done so frequently. We have received an initial report from the chairman of the committee, John Collins, to which we intend to respond shortly.