§ 28. Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on steps being taken by her Department to meet the outcomes of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg. [86794]
§ Mr. MeacherDefra is committed to take forward the commitments made at the Johannesburg Summit as part of our wider effort to promote sustainable development. In doing so, we shall focus particularly on those commitments for which we have lead responsibility in Government. A grid that sets out the key commitments from Johannesburg and indicates which Departments lead on these has been deposited in the Library of the House.