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Rainforests and Logging

My Lords, as every noble Lord who has taken part in the debate will have recognised, this is an enormous subject, which covers a vast range of interests and aspects. It was fascinating to listen to the high quality of the speeches. As the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, made clear, each contributor spoke to a different facet of this enormous subject and yet it all came together. I am grateful to all who have taken part in the debate, and I listened closely to the interesting and informative speech of the Lord President of the Council. I will take up her invitation to come back to her on the subject of the World Bank and the DRC. At this stage, I simply want to acknowledge the high quality of the speeches and to say that I will study them all with great care and attention. I will certainly use this debate as the first step in what I hope will become a series of similar debates in this House where we can follow up what is possibly the most important subject of all that confront us this day. I beg leave to withdraw the Motion. Motion for Papers, by leave, withdrawn.