§ Mr. HoramTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the activities of the Green Minister in the Department in financial year 2003–04. [185127]
§ Mr. TimmsI am DTI's Green Minister and in this role I am a member of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers. However, it has been established practice under successive governments not to disclose information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees.
My ministerial responsibilities include, amongst others, Energy, Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility and these overlapped with my work as Green Minister in the financial year 2003–04.
Important pieces of work with which I have been involved in the past year include the publication of a UK Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production in conjunction with Defra, the setting up of an academy for corporate social responsibility, and action on implementation of the Energy White Paper.