HC Deb 18 June 1992 vol 209 cc627-8W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will name the members of the British delegation to the forthcoming International Whaling Commission meeting in Glasgow.

Mr. Gummer

The United Kingdom delegation will comprise 13 members. It will be led by Mr. A. R. Burne, the United Kingdom Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, his deputy will be Mr. B. S. Edwards. The delegation will also include a number of advisers, as well as representatives of the nongovernmental organisations Care for the Wild (Dr. W. Jordan), the World Wide Fund for Nature (Mr. J. Martin-Jones) and the Environmental Investigation Agency (Dr. R. Reeve), all belonging to the Cetacean Group of Wildlife Link.