§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the(a) White Papers, (b) Green Papers, (c) consultation papers, (d) draft regulations and (e) circulars, for which his Department has been responsible issued in 1996 which his Department assesses could give rise, (i) directly and (ii) indirectly, to significant environmental effects. [12715]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe Welsh Office issues a great number of these documents and many could give rise, to a greater or lesser extent, to environmental effects. No central records are maintained of the environmental assessments undertaken by the Department, and listings could not be provided without incurring disproportionate costs. The main environmental initiatives under way or planned by the Welsh Office are described in "The Environment in Wales Fifth Report" published last November, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.