§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will institute an inquiry into the physical return to man of radionuclides by way of silt from discharges of radioactive material in sea areas around the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy Department already sponsors a significant programme of research in Cumbria into the distribution and behaviour of radioactive substances in the environment and the pathways by which they could lead to radiation exposure of man. A description of it appears in chapter 8 of the progress report on sponsored research on radioactive waste management, January 1981.March 1982, published by the Department earlier this year, which is in the Library of the House. It is reviewed and extended, as appropriate, from time to time. The detailed reports of findings are deposited in the British Library lending division.