§ Q18. Sir David Priceasked the Prime Minister, in view of scientific concern that the incidence of ultra-violet radiation penetrating the ozone layer and reaching the earth's surface may be increasing due to the increase in fluorochlorocarbons through human agencies, if she will institute a programme of research into the effect of fluorochlorocarbons on the ozone layer.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Department of the Environment continues to fund research into the effects of chlorofluorocarbons on stratospheric ozone. It first did so in 1976.