§ 59. Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further measures he intends to introduce to help protect the ozone layer.
§ 92. Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further action he intends to take to lessen the dangers posed to the atmosphere by the use of chlorofluorocarbons.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyIn the light of the advice of the United Kingdom stratospheric ozone review group in their second report published in October 1988 about depletion of the ozone layer and the role of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) we are calling for worldwide emissions of CFCs to be reduced by at least 85 per cent. by the turn of the century and for the Montreal protocol to be strengthened accordingly.
At the Environment Council on 24 November most member states supported the United Kingdom's proposal that the Community should adopt this position in the review of the protocol. In order to underline the worldwide commitment needed to reduce CFC emissions and to demonstrate how these can be achieved my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State are calling a major international conference next March to which Ministers and world industry are being invited. We have also offered to host the second meeting of the parties to the protocol in April 1990, at which we hope that the further cuts we are demanding will be agreed.