§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the annual output of chemical toxic emissions from the automobile manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. TrippierThis information is not collected or held centrally in the Department.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what volume of environmentally damaging solvents are typically released into the atmosphere from the paint spraying of an automobile on the production line; and what policies he has to reduce this pollution.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information requested on the specific solvent emissions from automobile spraying is not available.
The United Kingdom Government are engaged with other signatories to the UN Economic Commission for Europe convention on long-range transport of air pollution in the production of a draft protocol for the reduction of volatile organic compound emissions.
Within the European Community we are discussing measures to reduce photochemical pollution. These will include reductions of VOC emissions.
Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution is preparing guidance defining the best available techniques not entailing excessive costs to reduce solvent emissions from large-scale automobile spraying.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what volumes of toxic wastes are created annually from the manufacture of automobiles and road haulage vehicles in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. TrippierThis information is not held centrally.