§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, columns 510–11, what was the use of Bedenham quay in Hampshire in munitions dumping exercises; how long it was in use for those purposes; and what was the volume and type of material which was dumped in each area. [21954]
§ Mr. SoamesI am not aware of any surviving records that document any past sea dumping of munitions from Bedenham jetty, now part of the Royal Navy armaments depot, Gosport.
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, columns 510–11, what radioactive waste emanating from military establishments has been dumped or loose dumped into the English channel. [21955]
§ Mr. SoamesDetails of the UK's sea disposal programme for low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes, including very low-level contaminated sludges generated by MOD establishments and disposed of at Hurd deep, were contained in a report commissioned by the Department of the Environment titled "Report of the Independent Review of Disposal of Radioactive Waste in the Northeast Atlantic" published in November 1984.