§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent conference of contracting parties to the global convention on climate change held in Geneva; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his address to the conference. [39763]
§ Mr. ClappisonIn Geneva, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State urged others to follow the UK lead in meeting current commitments; strongly supported the view that the recent findings of the intergovernmental panel on climate change constituted a clear scientific basis for urgent further action at the widest possible level; and reiterated his call for developed countries to agree, at the third conference in Japan in 1997, to aim to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to 10 per cent. below 1990 levels by 2010.
336WI have placed in the Library a copy of my right hon. Friend's address to the conference, together with a copy of the conference ministerial declaration, which addressed most of the same key issues.