§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the Institution of Environmental Health Officers concerning sustainable development; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. YeoThe Institution of Environmental Health Officers wrote to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment in May on the subject of sustainable development and the environmental health profession, and contributed a specific response in September to my Department's consultation paper on the United Kingdom strategy for sustainable development. These are among more than 600 representations which my Department has received during the Government's consultation process on the strategy, which we are currently preparing. Copies of this document will be laid before the House in the normal way.