Earth Summit II (Hansard, 6 March 1997)

HC Deb 06 March 1997 vol 291 c707W 707W

§ Mr. Yeo
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what preparations his Department is making for earth summit II, and for the preparatory conferences leading up to the summit. [18496]

§ Mr. Oppenheim
The Department of the Environment is taking the lead within Government on the preparations for the UN General Assembly special session in June and I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Minister for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison), gave him on 5 March 1997,Official Report, column 634.