To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what outstanding uses there are for chlorofluorocarbon gas in the UK under the terms of the Montreal protocol. (98678)

Under the Montreal Protocol, and EC Regulation 2037/2000 on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the production and consumption of ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) is banned, except for essential uses in pharmaceutical metered dose inhalers agreed by Parties to the Protocol. Under the EC Regulation, there are exceptions for some military uses and some laboratory uses. As alternatives continue to become available, and military conversion programmes are completed, the need for CFCs in these applications will reduce.