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The Motion: This House Believes The West Has No Right to Impose Environmental Standards on Developing Countries
Peter Lilley MP continues the case for the proposition, as the third speaker of six in the debate.
Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden since 1983. A former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party, he served as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under Margaret Thatcher, and currently serves on the Environmental Audit Select Committee.
The motion was defeated.
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