§ Mr.MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whom he plans to send to represent the Government at the 46th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to be held in April 2003; and what issues the Government expect to raise at the session. [77355]
§ Mr. Bob Ainsworth[holding answer 28 October 2002]: The Government are normally represented by a Home Office official at commission sessions. The 46th session 848W will include a ministerial segment, but the Government will not make a decision about representation at this level until the new year, when the agenda for it will be finalised.