§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Environment Council meeting on 16 December, indicating which of the decisions were taken by vote; and whether the council proceedings were held in public. [22127]
§ Mr. MeacherI informed the House of the outcome of the Environment Council on 16 December in the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Mr. Leslie) on 18 December 1997,Official Report, columns 275–76.
A common position was reached unanimously on a regulation establishing common rules and procedures for the export of certain types of Community waste to certain non-OECD countries. As is normal in all Councils, the proceedings did not take place in public.