HC Deb 30 June 1972 vol 839 c444W
Mr. Eadie

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action is being taken by his Department in accordance with the recommendation contained in the study "Pollution: Nuisance or Nemesis" that the nuclear power programme should be slowed down until the waste disposal problem is solved.

Mr. Emery

The Government keep a very close watch on the vital problem of the disposal and storage of radioactive waste, but in their view it does not justify deferment of projects for the development of nuclear power.

Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration he is giving to conservation, pollution and other ecological factors in his review of energy policy.

Mr. Emery

These important factors are given the fullest consideration in the Government's regular reviews of energy questions.

Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, in view of the need to suppress pollution and to conserve non-renewable resources, he will examine again the merits of tidal power generation.

Mr. Emery

The situation is unchanged from that indicated in the reply given to my hon. Friend by the then Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 10th November, 1970. Therefore no new examination is necessary.—[Vol. 806, c.113–4.]