That this House endorses the view of the Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport that the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport has failed completely to focus the efforts of his Department on the promotion of tourism and is damaging British businesses and British jobs as a result; notes that his approach to the arts and other creative industries has been characterised by a concentration on the superficial and trivial; further notes that he has failed to address the serious policy issues facing his Department and failed to persuade his Cabinet colleagues of their importance; and calls on him to change the priorities of his Department so that they better suit its areas of responsibility.

That this House endorses the view of the Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport that the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport has failed completely to focus the efforts of his Department on the promotion of tourism and is damaging British businesses and British jobs as a...

That this House congratulates the New Homes Marketing Board on the success of the Green Leaf Award Scheme, whereby award-winning housebuilders are commended for their efforts in ensuring that housing development has a positive impact through the use of high-quality environmental design and landscaping; and particularly congratulates Grange Builders, the developer of the scheme at Fanhams Grange, Ware, Hertfordshire.

That this House congratulates the New Homes Marketing Board on the success of the Green Leaf Award Scheme, whereby award-winning housebuilders are commended for their efforts in ensuring that housing development has a positive impact through the use of high-quality environmental design and landscaping; and particularly congratulates Grange Builders, the...

That this House notes that the European Commission will slip on a banana skin if it does not produce acceptable proposals for an EC banana regime that will allow banana producers of the Windward Islands, Jamaica, Belize and Surinam to continue to provide high quality bananas, which are a vital part of the British fruit bowl, at attractive prices to the British consumer; congratulates successive United Kingdom Governments for putting in place mechanisms in the United Kingdom that have allowed this trade to flourish to the benefit of the economies of these countries; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to urge the European Commission to produce a solution without further delay that will enable this traditional trade to continue without loss of confidence as provided for under the Banana Protocol of the Lome Convention.

That this House notes that the European Commission will slip on a banana skin if it does not produce acceptable proposals for an EC banana regime that will allow banana producers of the Windward Islands, Jamaica, Belize and Surinam to continue to provide high quality bananas, which are a vital...

That this House endorses with satisfaction the determination with which Dr Federico Mayor, the UNESCO Director-General, has, through a continuing process of dialogue and partnership with the Executive Board, put the Organisation on course to achieve further administrative reforms, including substantial reductions in staff appointments, about which there were considerable doubts last year when the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office reviewed the situation; recognises that the other issues of concern at that time (namely, programme concentration, duplication with the activities of other UN agencies and decentralisation) have been addressed and are now being largely resolved; warmly appreciates that under Dr Mayor's three-year leadership, UNESCO has accomplished a major shift in programme policy, thus alleviating criticism expressed by the United Kingdom and other member states during the early 1980s; and considering that, in today's rapidly changing world, UNESCO has a most important mission within the UN system, calls on Her Majesty's Government to declare its intention to return to membership of the Organisation without further delay, thus enabling the United Kingdom to add the full weight of its influence within the Organisation and enriching the momentum of UNESCO's programmes.

That this House endorses with satisfaction the determination with which Dr Federico Mayor, the UNESCO Director-General, has, through a continuing process of dialogue and partnership with the Executive Board, put the Organisation on course to achieve further administrative reforms, including substantial reductions in staff appointments, about which there were considerable...

That this House notes that poverty is a major cause of environmental problems in the Third World; affirms that international efforts to tackle environmental problems cannot be successful unless world poverty is reduced; therefore calls on the Government to raise the level of overseas aid and to increase the proportion of aid which directly benefits the poorest people so giving them the power to care for the environment; furthermore believes that the burden of foreign debt and the consequent net financial transfer out of the Third World exacerbates poverty and environmental degradation; welcomes the Government's Trinidad Initiative on official debt; calls on the Government to take a lead in securing international agreement to cut substantially the official debt service of the poorest countries and to facilitate the reduction of commercial debt in both low and middle income developing countries at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank meeting in April and the Group of Seven Summit in London in July.

That this House notes that poverty is a major cause of environmental problems in the Third World; affirms that international efforts to tackle environmental problems cannot be successful unless world poverty is reduced; therefore calls on the Government to raise the level of overseas aid and to increase the proportion...

That this House deplores the proposed capture of five to seven Mediterranean monk seals by the French Marineland at Antibes from a Moroccan colony of seals; notes that the Mediterranean monk seal is one of the 12 most endangered animals in the world, and that the capture is opposed by conservationists and authorities worldwide; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to convey the views of the House on this matter to both the French Government and the European Commission as a matter of urgency.

That this House deplores the proposed capture of five to seven Mediterranean monk seals by the French Marineland at Antibes from a Moroccan colony of seals; notes that the Mediterranean monk seal is one of the 12 most endangered animals in the world, and that the capture is opposed by...

That this House congratulates UNESCO's Director-General Dr Federico Mayor for securing the acceptance by the organisation's General Conference of a reformed constructive policy, programme, management strategy and development plan which are more focussed, practical and appropriate than before and which are consistent with UNESCO's constitutional responsibilities; further congratulates him for acting successfully to address the problems of politicization, poor management, excessive budgetary growth, and the contentious issue of the freedom of the Press, information and communication; believes that these moves towards the creation of a more efficient organisation with an inventive and more clearly defined programme, with which the United Kingdom could feel more at home, should enable Her Majesty's Government to declare, at the earliest date possible, its intention to secure the United Kingdom's resumed membership of UNESCO.

That this House congratulates UNESCO's Director-General Dr Federico Mayor for securing the acceptance by the organisation's General Conference of a reformed constructive policy, programme, management strategy and development plan which are more focussed, practical and appropriate than before and which are consistent with UNESCO's constitutional responsibilities; further congratulates him for...