HC Deb 17 January 1990 vol 165 c280W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how his Department intends to use the findings of the European Commission's PAGIS assessment of the suitability of Scottish geology for high-level radioactive waste disposal;

(2)if he will make a statement on the findings of the European Commission's PAGIS study into the suitability of Scottish geology for high-level radioactive waste disposal;

(3)what account he will take of the European Commission's PAGIS study findings in determining Government policy on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in Scotland.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to her on 16 January at column144 by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment and Countryside.

Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what contribution his Department made to the European Commission's PAGIS study into the suitability of Scottish geology for high-level radioactive waste disposal.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The Scottish Development Department was not represented on the PAGIS steering committee; the United Kingdom's representatives were drawn from the Department of the Environment and the National Radiological Protection Board.