HC Deb 09 June 1992 vol 209 cc145-6W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what support is currently offered by the Government to assist lower income countries to introduce substitutes for chemicals, eliminated by the revised Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I have been asked to reply. The Government have offered a contribution of up to $15 million to the Montreal protocol funding mechanism to assist developing country parties to the protocol comply with its controls.