§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any proposals to permit Lyme bay, or the immediate vicinity, to be used for the dumping of nuclear waste.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinIt is the task of the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive to identify potentially suitable sites for waste disposal, and submit 415W appropriate proposals, which will then be assessed by my Department against general principles. It has not identified any such site, in, or in the vicinity of, Lyme bay.