§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will -make it his policy not to place before Parliament a special development order for any site for radioactive waste storage until the conclusions are received from the Royal Commission on environmental pollution and the environment committee on radioactive waste storage and disposal.
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§ Mr. WaldegraveNo. It is important that NIREX proceeds without delay with investigating possible sites for a less deep disposal facility for radioactive wastes and a special development order is required to enable it to do so. The reports of the Environment Committee and the Royal Commission will be available long before any decision is made by NIREX to submit a planning application for actual development of a facility.