§ Mr. Owenasked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement concerning the quantity of radioactive fall-out in the County of Northumberland, especially in the area of the Cheviot Hills.
§ The Prime MinisterNo specific measurements of radioactive fall-out have been made in Northumberland, but measurements for the neighbouring County of Durham, with a similar soil and rainfall, have been published in the Atomic Energy Research Establishment's Report A.E.R.E. HP/R.2353, which is in the Library. Following the Windscale accident, monitoring was carried out in Cumberland, near the Northumberland border and just south of the Cheviots, and it was found that the pattern of radio-activity had not changed.