§ Lord Norrieasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made on sustainable development and the environment over the past year; and when they intend to respond to the recommendations in the first report of the Government's Panel on Sustainable Development.
§ Viscount Ullswater:The Department of the Environment is today publishing This Common Inheritance: UK Annual Report 1995, which reports progress on commitments in previous environment White Papers and the sustainable development strategy. To complement this, my right honourable friend the Prime Minister is placing in the House Library a copy of the letter which he is today sending to the Government's panel, responding to the recommendations in its first report.