§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the cost to public funds of the safe removal of asbestos from all public buildings.
§ Sir George YoungThe Department of the Environment does not have records of installations of asbestos—containing materials in all public buildings. The cost of making a complete survey is unknown, but would be high, and would not be justified in view of the very low levels of asbestos in air in buildings encountered in recent investigations.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to seek to ban the use of asbestos.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNo.