§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what recent research(a) his Department and (b) the European Commission has commissioned into HFCs; and if he will place copies of the completed reports in the Library; [49154]
(2) if he will place in the Library a copy of the technical background advice on HFCs commissioned from March Consulting. [49155]
§ Angela EagleThe report of a study carried out by March Consulting entitled,UK Use and Emissions of Selected Halocarbons, was placed in the Library in August 1996. The Government have recently commissioned further research from March Consulting into current and likely future emissions of HFCs from the UK. Copies of the completed report will be placed in the Library when it is published. The European Commission is also funding research into HFCs, and copies of any report will be placed in the Library when it is available.