§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to introduce legislation to make vapour recovery petrol pumps mandatory at filling stations.
§ Mr. BaldryPollution from petrol vapour will be much reduced by the proposed EC car standards directive to come into force in 1992. The Government's White Paper on the Environment "This Common Inheritance" commits the Government to working with the vehicle and fuel industries to achieve further improvements. The European Commission is expected soon to bring forward proposals for reducing petrol vapour emissions along the marketing chain and we propose to review what further action is necessary in the United Kingdom in the light of these proposals.