HC Deb 19 May 1994 vol 243 cc527-8W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals in regard to the cost of environmental protection he put to the interim committee of the International Monetary Fund during its discussions on the new World Trade Organisation at its meeting in Washington DC on 25 April; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the United Kingdom submission to the interim committee.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

A number of different issues, including the World Trade Organisation, were covered by those who spoke at the interim committee on 25 April. In my speech to the committee I warned against protectionist trading practices establishing themselves under the guise of legitimate environmental concerns.

Full texts of my speeches to the interim committee and development committee have been deposited in the Library of the House.