§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will acquire for his Departmental library a copy of the articles on ozone depletion and ultra-violet radiation, details of which had been sent to him.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Department of the Environment Library already acquired a copy of the article when it was first published.
§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the level of essential use attributed to CFCs and HCFCs.
§ Mr. MacleanI refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. Smith) and to the answer I gave on 16 June to my hon. Friend, the Member for Bury, South (Mr. Sumberg),Official Report column 443, in which I explained that the Department has commissioned a study on CFC use within the United Kingdom refrigeration and air conditioning industry. The study will identify areas of CFC use which need to continue and for which alternative technologies are not yet available. The Department of Trade and Industry has commissioned a similar study into the use of CFCs as solvents.
§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to quantify the use of CFCs in the United Kingdom and the extent to which current demand can be met by recycling rather than from existing production.
§ Mr. MacleanI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June to my hon. Friend, the Member for Bury, South (Mr. Sumberg),Official Report column 442. In that answer I announced that the Department has commissioned a study of the use of CFCs by the United Kingdom refrigeration and air conditioning industry. This will seek to quantify the level of CFCs that the industry will need until the year 2000 and the extent to which this can be met from recycled material. The Department of Trade and Industry has commissioned a similar study into the use of CFCs as solvents.