Written question asked by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 May 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 June 2003. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 June 2003 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review.

Answer: Mr. Horam: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department which United Kingdom commitments arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (a) have been incorporated into the Department's existing delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements and (b) will be incorporated in its delivery plan for Service Delivery Agreements in advance of the 2004 Spending Review. [113883] Mr. Leslie: The current delivery plans for my Department do not incorporate specific commitments from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The Department is not one of the Government Departments identified as having direct responsibility for delivery of the commitments as set out in the interdepartmentally-agreed Annex to the Memorandum submitted to the Environmental Audit Committee in response to their enquiry on WSSD follow-up. Nevertheless, my Department will work to support Government policy on sustainability wherever the opportunity arises. [Continued in column 285W]

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 113883; 407 c283-4W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Government departments Lord Chancellor's Department Standards Sustainable development World Summit on Sustainable Development
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk