§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fishers and Food if he will name the green Minister for his Department and list(a) the green initiatives taken by that Minister in respect of the Department's functions, (b) the representations made by the Minister in respect of functions carried out by other Departments and (c) the input made by the Minister in consultations on the Environment Bill. [18650]
§ Mr. JackMy right hon. Friend the Minister is the nominated green Minister for MAFF. This reflects the importance we attach to the consideration of environmental implications across the whole range of MAFF policies. Progress on MAFF's environmental performance is reported annually in departmental reports—Cm 2803—and in the United Kingdom's annual report "This Common Inheritance"—CM 2822. Copies of both are in the Library of the House.