HC Deb 09 December 1993 vol 234 c359W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to publish the biodiversity action plan compiled in response to the biodiversity convention signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

Mr. Yeo

Work on the production of the biodiversity action plan is in its final stages, and publication will be after the House returns, in January.

Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on how Britain's impact on biodiversity in other countries will be addressed in the United Kingdom's follow-up to agreements made at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

Mr. Yeo

Britain's impact on biodiversity in other countries will be addressed in the biodiversity action plan and the sustainable development strategy as appropriate, both of which are due to be published after the House returns, in January.

Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what arrangements have been made for the ratification before the end of 1993 of the biological diversity convention by the United Kingdom.

Mr. Yeo

The convention on biological diversity was laid before Parliament in January of this year. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith) on 2 December 1993,Official Report, column 654.