§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his oral answer of 11 November,Official Report, column 862, if he will make a further statement on the Darwin initiative in the light of the autumn statement.
§ Mr. MacleanSubject to parliamentary approval, funding for projects which meet the objectives of the Darwin initiative will be £1 million for 1993–94, £2 million for 1994–95 and £3 million for 1995–96. We will be consulting widely on the priorities and programmes for the initiative. I am establishing a small advisory committee to consider the responses to that consultation. I am pleased to say that Sir Crispin Tuckell has agreed to chair it.