Ministers and officials from the FCO, Defra and DfID to be questioned by the Environmental Audit Committee
Sustainability in the UK Overseas Territories
5 July 2013
Ministers and officials from the FCO, Defra and DfID will be questioned by the Environmental Audit Committee at 2.45 pm on Tuesday 9 July in Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster, as part of its inquiry into Sustainability in the UK Overseas Territories.
- Parliament TV: watch 9 July session
- Inquiry: Sustainability in the UK Overseas Territories
- Environmental Audit Committee
Witnesses:
At c.2.45 pm
- Mark Simmonds MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Dr Peter Hayes, Director Overseas Territories, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Richard Benyon MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Jeremy Eppel, Deputy Director, International Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Evidence, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Ian McKendry, Deputy Director for the Overseas Territories and the Caribbean, Department for International Development
Issues:
This session will explore the UK Government policy on sustainable development and the protection of biodiversity in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories.
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