§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's policy on phasing out the use of methyl chloroform; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryIt is the Government's aim ultimately to phase out all ozone depleting substances. In response to a United Kingdom initiative, the EC Environment Council have agreed to press for a 50 per cent. cut in methyl chloroform production and consumption by the year 2000 in the renegotiation of the Montreal Protocol.