§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding has been made available by the Overseas Development Administration to the Forest Stewardship Council; and for what purpose. [20781]
§ Mr. BaldryThe ODA made a grant of £14,000 to the World Wide Fund for Nature to meet the costs of attendance of developing country representatives at the founding assembly of the council in 1993. We are presently discussing with the Forest Stewardship Council the possibility of providing funding to support national workshops in developing countries to discuss timber certification issues.