HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc342-3W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what public opinion surveys his Department or consultants to his Department have conducted into the attitude of people in(a) West Cumbria or (b) the United Kingdom towards the policy option to return to Japan high-level waste arising from reprocessing at Sellafield.

Mr. Atkins

None.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether British Nuclear Fuels plc is in breach of planning conditions regarding the importation of spent fuel to the THORP receipt and storage facility; what action he is planning to take to enforce the planning condition; and if he will require BNFL to cease importation immediately in the interim.

Mr. Baldry

I am not aware that BNFL is in breach of any conditions attached to the planning permission for the THORP receipt and storage facility at Sellafield. If it is, responsibility for taking appropriate enforcement action rests with Copeland borough council in the first place. I have no plans to require BNFL to cease importation of spent fuel.