§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance is currently granted by the Overseas Development Administration to help lower income signatory countries to implement action under(a) the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer and (b) the Geneva convention on long range transboundary air pollution.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydOn(a) I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 June.
On (b), the Government contribute about 5 per cent. to the United Nations budget which funds the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe which administers the long-range transboundary air pollution convention. In addition, the United Kingdom contributed about £63,000 direct to the convention trust fund in 1991. The United Kingdom also supports a number of research activities under the convention amounting to about £370,000 per annum.