HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 cc455-6W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contribution her Department has made to Her Majesty's Government's proposals to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in June.

Mr. Sackville

The Department has contributed to aspects of the conference which have implications for

Parliamentary electors registered in each constituency in Greater London, 1983–1987
Note: BC= borough constituency
Parliamentary constituency 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Barking BC 52,888 52,686 52,414 52,317 52,137
Battersea BC 66,518 66,802 67,172 67,064 67,462
Beckenham BC 59,384 59,910 60,075 60,736 60,718
Bethnal Green and Stepney BC 55,649 54,721 54,520 54,982 55,984
Bexleyheath BC 60,039 60,319 60,303 60,053 60,206
Bow and Poplar BC 58,209 57,534 57,515 58,219 59,503
Brent East BC 61,987 61,917 61,505 61,396 61,378
Brent North BC 63,377 63,642 63,691 62,905 63,652
Brent South BC 63,468 63,352 62,714 63,020 63,229
Brentford and Isleworth BC 69,824 68,855 68,185 70,496 72,371
Carshalton and Wallington BC 69,542 69,746 69,798 69,973 69,906
Chelsea BC 54,080 52,496 52,127 49,080 49,745
Chingford BC 56,903 57,125 57,260 57,430 57,417
Chipping Barnet BC 59,071 59,220 59,693 60,377 61,419
Chislehurst BC 55,261 55,479 55,679 55,976 56,142
City of London and Westminster South, The BC 68,007 65,921 64,233 61,747 57,619
Croydon Central BC 57,138 57,368 57,029 57,120 55,962
Croydon North East BC 63,433 63,762 63,726 64,386 63,627
Croydon North West BC 58,807 58,674 58,395 58,946 57,807
Croydon South BC 65,279 65,777 66,150 66,440 65,754
Dagenham BC 63,715 63,396 63,086 62,910 62,349
Dulwich BC 57,070 57,041 56,612 56,618 56,764
Ealing, Acton BC 62,639 63,173 64,179 66,072 67,615

health, in particular, the environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals was selected by the preparatory committee as one of the areas for which programmes of action should be agreed.

In December last year the Chief Medical Officer chaired a meeting of experts from over 70 countries to discuss proposals for an intergovernmental mechanism for chemical risk assessment and management. A report has been put forward for consideration by the conference.