HC Deb 13 May 1981 vol 4 c287W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will discontinue the programme of test boring in Scotland; and if he will give an undertaking that no nuclear waste will be dumped there for 100 years.

Mr. Rifkind

The Government must ensure the continuation of a responsible long-term research programme in the United Kingdom into possible methods of disposing of high level radioactive waste of which geological disposal may be one. Meanwhile, there is no proposal to dispose of such waste in Scotland or elsewhere in the United Kingdom.