§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what instructions he has given to hospitals, universities and research laboratories using the national disposal service of Harwell on low-level nuclear waste and its collection; and what kinds of waste may be disposed of through normal non-nuclear rubbish collection;
(2) if he will list the institutions, laboratories and organisations at present producing low-level nuclear waste;
(3) if he will set out the collection procedures for low-level nuclear waste;
(4) what instructions he has given to hospitals, universities and research laboratories on collection and safety procedures for low-level nuclear waste;
(5) when he proposes to introduce compacting of nuclear waste at Drigg; and what assessment he has made of the costs of this;
(6) how many institutions use the national nuclear waste disposal service; what method of transport is used, and what are the annual costs of providing this service.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI shall answer these questions shortly.