HC Deb 03 November 1992 vol 213 c111W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which defence standards require the use of ozone-destroying substances; what steps have been taken to reduce and eliminate the specification of ozone-destroying substances from the defence standards; and if he will make a statement;

(2) in which defence-related fire fighting applications the use of halons is considered essential by his Department; what proportion of his Department's total stock of halons these uses represent; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence will write to the hon. Member.