§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will institute a full investigation into the dumping of nuclear waste into the sea.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe Government's response (Cmnd. 6820) to the Sixth Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution indicated that they were already carrying out a review of the existing arrangements for the control of radio-active waste, of which ocean disposal is one part. The results of this review will be referred to the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee and later announced in a further White Paper.