§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Government will respond to the sixth report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2001–02, Buying Time for Forests; and if she will make a statement. [119495]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Government's response to the Committee's report is not yet ready but I expect it to be made before Parliament's summer recess. I regret that a response has been delayed for so long, and apologise for that to the Committee and will write briefly to give an explanation.