Written question asked by Colin Burgon (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 October 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 October 1998. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Thursday, 29 October 1998 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: Statement on when the Government will respond to the report by the UK Round Table on Sustainable Development on Integrating Biodiversity into Management Systems. - Inc ref to responses, in Library.

Answer: Mr. Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when the Government will respond to the report by the UK Round Table on Sustainable Development on Integrating Biodiversity into Management Systems. [57952] Mr. Meacher: The Government have today published their response to the report by the UK Round Table on Sustainable Development. The Government response to "Integrating Biodiversity into Management Systems" is positive and accepts the thrust of the Round Table's recommendations. In particular, it welcomes recommendations on keeping business abreast of biodiversity work, nationally and locally; on taking account of biodiversity in the various pollution control regimes, and on giving biodiversity an appropriate weighting in the accreditation of environmental management systems. I wish to express my gratitude to Sir Richard Southwood and the Round Table for their valuable work in helping to identify new ways to take forward Sustainable Development. I am placing copies of both the responses in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 57952; 318 c262W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Biodiversity Integrated pollution control Nature conservation Sustainable development Sustainable Development Round Table Management techniques