§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who are the Ministers responsible for green issues in each government department; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Strathclyde)The environment is not just the concern of one government department, and the nomination of "green" Ministers in each department is an important part of our strategy to ensure that environmental considerations are taken into account in all policy areas. "Green" Ministers follow up the commitments relevant to their departments in the Government's 1990 White Paper on the Environment. They ensure the integration of environmental concerns with the policy and work of their own Departments. And they broadcast the environmental message in their own field.
The "green" Ministers are:
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Department Minister Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Rt Hon John Gummer MP Defence The Viscount Cranborne Education Eric Forth Esq MP Employment The Viscount Ullswater Environment The Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Hon. Mark Lennox-Boyd MP Health Baroness Cumberlege CBE Home Office Peter Lloyd Esq MP Law Officers' Department Sir Derek Spencer QC MP Lord Chancellor's Department John M Taylor Esq MP National Heritage Robert Key Esq MP Northern Ireland Office Robert Atkins Esq MP Overseas Development The Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Public Service and Science Robert Jackson Esq MP Scottish Office Sir Hector Monro MP Social Security The Lord Henley Trade and Industry The Rt Hon Michael Heseltine MP Transport The Rt Hon John MacGregor OBE MP Treasury The Rt Hon Sir John Cope MP
Department Minister Welsh Office The Rt Hon David Hunt MBE MP