HC Deb 01 December 1992 vol 215 cc148-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the dates by which Her Majesty's Government expects to ratify each of the agreements made at the Earth summit; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maclean

We are seeking to ratify the framework convention on climate change and to establish the basis on which we can ratify the convention on bilogical diversity by the end of 1993.