§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the rate of development of ozone-depletion problems; and if he proposes to take any further measures in response to such developments.
§ Mr. BaldryReports have been received from the European arctic stratospheric ozone experiment—EASOE—and the United States National Aeronautic and Space Agency—NASA—of low ozone levels over the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere and in the tropics. The answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment and Countryside to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, South (Mr. Sumberg) on 10 February,Official Report, column 430, sets out what further measures we have proposed.