§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when a certificate for radioactive material use was given to the occupier of 41, West End Lane, Hampstead; when it expired; whether the house is now considered to be contaminated and a danger to anyone entering it; what steps will be taken to demolish it forthwith; and whether the former occupants are safe from personal health risk; and whether they are a risk to others whom they may touch.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe certificate was issued on 30th January and expired on 31st December, 1964. Although a good deal of decontamination work has been carried out, the house is still, to some extent, contaminated and therefore is not to be occupied again before its demolition by the Greater London Council, which owns it. Although the previous occupants—the only occupants since 1945—were exposed to contamination hazard, they have in fact developed no resultant illness and they involve no danger to others. I have been assured by the local authority that it knows of no squatters in the property, since the previous occupants left on 5th June last.