HC Deb 27 July 2000 vol 354 cc824-5W
Mr. Donald Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to remove his unofficial reservation on the siting of the Headquarters of the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty in Buenos Aires when the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting takes place in The Hague in September. [132365]

Mr. Battle

The Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting is due to consider only one Agenda Item, the Report of the Committee for Environmental Protection. Discussion on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat is not envisaged.