§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was his Department's participation at84W the conference on protecting the ozone layer held in Finland on 2 May; what papers were presented by it; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of the conference.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State attended the first meeting of the parties to the Montreal protocol in Helsinki. Copies of the United Kingdom national statement, and of the message from the London "Saving the Ozone Layer" conference, which he presented to the meeting, are available in the Library. The European Community's call, made in response to a United Kingdom initiative, for CFCs to be eliminated by the end of the century, was endorsed by the Governments attending the Helsinki meeting. We shall work towards amendment of the protocol to this effect at next year's second meeting of the parties in London.