§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what the policy of Her Majesty's Government at the meeting of the conference of the parties of the climate change convention in respect of targets for reductions of carbon emissions beyond the year 2000 will be.
§ Mr. Atkins[holding answer 16 February 1995]: The Government will support the position of the European Union, agreed at the meeting of the Environment Council in December.
96WThe conclusions of that Council call, inter alia, for the current commitments in the climate change convention to be strengthened and extended, and for the negotiation of a comprehensive protocol on greenhouse gases to be set in hand at the First Conference of Parties.