HC Deb 08 December 1981 vol 14 cc377-8W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what consideration he has given to the banning of imports of hazardous waste materials into the United Kingdom except where they are to be used in a recycling process;

(2) what quantities of hazardous waste materials have been imported in each of the last five years; and if he will identify the nature of the waste materials.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave her on 7 December 1981.