HC Deb 17 April 1991 vol 189 c183W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the report by the head of the meteorological research flight on the Hercules flight through the smoke plume in the Gulf.

(2) what has been the assessment of the meteorological research flight in relation to (a) hydrogen sulphide, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) carbon dioxide, (d) sulphur dioxide, (e) nitrogen compounds and (f) combinations of hydrocarbons and chlorine in the smoke plumes in the Gulf; and what was the finding of particles of aerosol per cubic metre.

Mr. Baldry

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 15 April,Official Report, Vol. 189, columns 65–66, and to the related documents which have been placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations have been received from Iran about oil-black rain and oil-black snow.

Mr. Baldry

My right hon. Friend has received no such representations.

Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 28 March,Official Report, columns 538–39, to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks), what interim assessments he has had from the United Nations Environment Programme for a comprehensive assessment of environmental damage in the Gulf.

Mr. Baldry

None so far. I understand that implementation of the 90-day programme for the comprehensive assessment proposed by UNEP has now begun, but it is too early to make a substantive report on progress.