§ Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire)I wish to present a petition with about 20,000 signatures collected by people living in the area of the village of Trecwn in my constituency. The petition expresses total opposition to efforts by Omega Pacific Ltd. to promote the former Royal Naval Armaments Department Trecwn site for the storage of intermediate and low-level nuclear waste. The site is in an environmentally sensitive area adjacent to the Pembrokeshire Coast national park. It is in close proximity to Skomer marine nature reserve and the Pembrokeshire Islands special area of conservation. In addition, proposals would create economic blight in an already depressed local economy when opportunity is offered through objective 1 status.
The petition asks the House of Commons to urge the Government to recognise the environmental and ecological importance of Pembrokeshire, and
to 'call-in' any planning applications and reject any such proposals to store nuclear waste or any other toxic substances at Trecwn.
§ To lie upon the Table.