§ 62. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is now the permitted amount of lead in petrol and what proposals he has for further reducing the lead content of petrol.
§ Mr. HoramThe maximum permitted lead content of petrol is at present 0.45 grams per litre. However, agreement has just been reached within the EEC on a Directive providing for a limit of 0.40 grams per litre by 1st January 1981. My right hon. Friend intends to make regulations to apply this new limit.