Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of all Government grants paid to the Rochdale metropolitan district in the last five years, including an estimate for 1985–86.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe available information is given in the following table:
council for (a) general amendments to the Bedfordshire structure plan and (b) a specific amendment to the plan prohibiting the deposit of nuclear waste in the county.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneMy right hon. Friend proposes to hold an examination in public to consider selected matters raised by the proposed alterations to current policies in the Bedfordshire structure plan. He does not propose to examine in public the second alteration which proposes a new policy on nuclear waste. Any specific proposal for the deposit of nuclear waste at Elstow will be dealt with under the procedures announced by my right hon. Friend in the House on 24 January.