HL Deb 16 January 1989 vol 503 c94WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they are aware of the likelihood of an ozone hole being present over the Arctic, as it is over the Antarctic, and if so will they make sure, through appropriate financial provision, that British scientists are able to study it as fully as they are able to study the Antarctic hole.

Viscount Davidson

Arctic ozone depletion is expected to be less marked than that in the Antarctic. Scientists from the Meteorological Office and Cambridge University, with funding from the Department of the Environment, are now in Norway to establish the rate of ozone depletion. Expertise gained in studying the Antarctic hole will help in this investigation.