§ Mr. HoramTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the activities of the Green Minister in the Department in financial year 2003–04. [185130]
§ John HealeyAs the Treasury's Green Minister, I am committed to improving the environmental impact of the Department's operations, to integrating environmental considerations across policy areas, and to improving the economic analysis underpinning the Government's environmental initiatives.
In the financial year 2003–04, as the Treasury's Green Minister my work included the development of a range of environmental policy measures including those announced in the pre-Budget report on 10 December 2003 and Budget on 17 March. It also included membership of the Ministerial Sub-Committee on Green Ministers and the Sustainable Development 312W Taskforce, and meetings with representatives of non-governmental organisations and other key stakeholders on topics ranging from climate change to waste to aviation.