Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour) on Monday, 8 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 November 1999. It was answered by Chris Mullin (Labour) on Thursday, 11 November 1999 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the letter of 3rd November from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the honourable Member for Sunderland South to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, reference CM/20311/99, if he will make a statement on progress at the Conference of the Parties at the Bonn Convention in respect of sensitive species, with particular reference to dolphins, turtles and albatross.

Answer: Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the letter of 3 November from the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State my hon. Friend, the Member for Sunderland South (Mr. Mullin) to the hon. Member for Linlithgow, reference CM/20311/99, if he will make a statement on progress at the Conference of the Parties at the Bonn Convention in respect of sensitive species, with particular reference to dolphins, turtles and albatross. [98145] Mr. Mullin: The proceedings of the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Bonn Convention began on Wednesday and will continue until Tuesday of next week. It is too early at present to say how these discussions are going.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 98145; 337 c695W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Dolphins Nature conservation Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Turtles Albatrosses