§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 24 June,Official Report, column 241, whether the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development discussed the International Whaling Commission's report on small cetaceans.
§ Mr. GummerThe report on significant direct and incidental catches of small cetaceans by the scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission was submitted by the IWC to the UNCED secretariat in July 1991. The report was not discussed at the UNCED conference. However, papers before the conference recognised the work of the International Whaling Commission in conserving and managing whale stocks, its studies on other cetaceans and the role of other relevant organisations—for example, those established under the Bonn convention.