§ Mr. Cookasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the two-year moratorium on the dumping of nuclear waste at sea as adopted by the London dumping convention; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithNo such moratorium is in force. A resolution passed at the seventh consultative meeting of the London dumping convention called for the voluntary suspension of the dumping of all radioactive wastes. However, this does not in any way alter the convention or its annexes, which continue to provide for the dumping at sea of low-level radioactive wastes.