HC Deb 06 March 1989 vol 148 c428W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the occasion of the forthcoming international conference on "Saving the Ozone Layer" on Her Majesty's Government's policy on the use of R22 in preference to R12 in refrigeration plant; and if he will give guidance to those making immediate international decisions for refrigeration plant with a life of 10 or more years.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The Government's policy on the use of CFC22 is set out in its reply to the first report from the Environment Committee (Session 1987–88 HC 270–1) on air pollution (Cm. 522).