HC Deb 30 October 1987 vol 121 cc444-5W
Mr. Flynn

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the titles of papers on the sea disposal of nuclear wastes submitted by his Department to the London dumping convention in October 1987; and if he will place copies of all such reports in the Library.

Mr. Moynihan

In common with other contracting parties to the London dumping convention, the United Kingdom submitted to the October 1987 meeting a response to a questionnaire on nuclear matters framed at the 1986 convention meeting. A copy of this questionnaire and the United Kingdom response have been placed in the Library. The response refers to a number of documents, including the "Report of the Independent Review of Disposal of Radioactive Waste in the North East Atlantic" (the Holliday report, 1984), and the "Assessment of Best Practicable Environmental Options (BPEOs) for Management of Low and Intermediate Level Solid Radioactive Waste" (DOE, 1986). Both of these documents are already in the Library.