§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department now intends to continue with its research programme for the disposal of high level radioactive waste in geological formations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. KingLong-term research on possible methods of disposal for high-level radioactive waste, including disposal to geological formations on land, is continuing and the Department of the Environment acts in this matter of behalf of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment, Scotland and Wales.