§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the meetings at which his Department has been present regarding the delivery of sustainable development across Government as co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers; [171803]
(2) what work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months in that capacity; and what meetings his Department's Green Minister has attended in the last 12 months in that capacity. [171802]
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§ Mr. CaplinI represent the Ministry of Defence on the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers. It has been established practice under successive Governments not to disclose information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees. This practice is now formalised by Exemption 2 of Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. However, my work as the Ministry of Defence's Green Minister involves regular correspondence outside that committee with Government Ministers in order to ensure that the Ministry of Defence's interests in environmental and sustainable development issues are fully and properly represented.