To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to Government action to protect British people from the likely effects of the depletion of the ozone layer over the Arctic and northern latitudes; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mrs. Taylor) on 20 December 1991 at columns 353–54. The Department proposes to seek advice from the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) on what further action may be appropriate.