§ Mr. AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the proposal agreed by the Toronto conference for a world levy on carbon as a basis for an environmental fund.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 26 April 1989]: One of the three working groups set up by the intergovernmental panel on climate change, in which the United Kingdom is playing a full part, is studying a variety of possible international response strategies, including financial and economic measures. The work is at an early stage but the IPCC has set itself the ambitious target of reporting by mid-1990.