§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [12710]
§ Mr. HoramThe Department's major areas of policy responsibility do not have a significant environmental impact and we are not aware of any documents, issued in 1996, which have given rise to either direct or indirect environmental effect. However, the Department has worked in collaboration with the Department of the Environment to produce the United Kingdom national environmental health action plan and a consultative document on the inclusion of the environment as a key area in "The Health of the Nation" strategy, both of which would lead to improvements in environmental quality with parallel benefits to health.