§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out in summary form the main information that his Department made available on renewable energy sources for consideration at the United Nations conference on the environment and development.
§ Mr. EggarThe United Kingdom national report for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development included the White Paper "This Common Inheritance" and the first-year report. These documents, copies of which are in the Library of the House, set out the United Kingdom's position on renewable sources of energy. In addition, my Department provided advice to the United Kingdom delegation to the conference on the renewable energy aspects of Agenda 21, particularly in relation to the chapter on the atmosphere.