Ozone-destroying Chemicals

HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 c226W

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what new measures he intends to introduce to reduce the use of ozone-destroying chemicals.

Mr. Maclean

The United Kingdom, together with the EC, will be pressing for the phase out dates in the Montreal protocol for the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances to be brought forward to 1 January 1996 at the latest. We will also be pressing for strict controls on HCFCs to be included in the revised protocol and for methyl bromide to be made a controlled substance. The United Kingdom is also seeking agreement, within the EC, to new phase out schedules for ozone depleting chemicals, which will be included in a revised EC regulation.