Mr. PatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the outcome of the ninth conference of the parties of CITES.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Environment and Countryside to the hon. Members for Ceredigion and Pembroke, North (Mr. Dafis) and for Newham North-West (Mr. Banks) on 24 November,Official Report, columns 241–42.