§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of the specific roles of each Minister in his Department in the preparatory meetings leading up to the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Environment and Development conference.
§ Mr. MacleanMy right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and previous Secretaries of State as well as other Ministers in this Department have been involved in the negotiations made at each stage of the process leading up to the UN Conference on Environment and Development. My right hon. Friend, the then Secretary of State for the Environment, attended a preparatory meeting in New York in March. My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and I attended UNCED in Rio.