§ Viscount Hanworthasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will launch the consultation on radioactively contaminated land. [HL830]
§ Baroness HaymanWe are today launching a consultation on radioactively contaminated land, jointly with my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
We are seeking views on the structure and principles that should underlie a regulatory regime for radioactively contaminated land. Copies of the consultation paper have been sent to the Chief Executives and Chief Environmental Health Officers of all local authorities, and to other interested parties, and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House. Responses to the consultation are requested by 1 June 1998.