§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will call a conference of local authorities in Wales to discuss and monitor the tipping of poisonous and industrial waste from overseas in quarries and other similar locations in Wales; if he will draw up and publish a register of licensed tipping locations entitled to receive poisonous and industrial wastes; if he will consult the appropriate local planning authorities to devise a 24-hour monitoring of tipping sites to ensure that the appropriate regulations are adhered to; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristRegular meetings, instituted with the support of the Welsh Office, are held by the waste disposal authorities in Wales to discuss any matters relating to waste disposal.
Each wast disposal authority is required by statute to maintain a public register containing copies of all waste disposal licences.
Arrangements for the supervision of the operation of licensed waste disposal sites are the responsibility of the appropriate waste disposal authority.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of those companies in the United Kingdom who trade in the tipping of contaminated soils, industrial waste and poisonous by products and who tip at locations in Wales; if he will list those ports in Wales through which contaminated wastes from overseas are imported; what steps are taken to ensure that at these ports of entry there s sufficient professional inspection of both the substances and the ships' documents; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristInformation on companies trading in wastes is not maintained centrally and information on waste imports is not maintained in the form requested. In 1986–87 special waste was imported through the ports of Newport, Holyhead, Briton Ferry and Fishguard.
In relation to contaminated soil, plant health legislation prohibits imports from outside Europe. Soil from European countries must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate signed by the plant health authority in the exporting country, confirming freedom from pests and disease, without which customs officials will not permit consignments to enter the United Kingdom. In relation to special wastes, it is the
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Date of judgment Name of case: subject matter Outcome 13 August 1981 Young, James and Webster (closed shop) Breach of Article 11. 22 October 1981 Dudgeon (homosexuality: Northern Ireland) Breach of Article 8. 5 November 1981 X (mental patient: right to have detention reviewed) No breach of Article 5(1). Breach of Article 5(4). 25 February 1982 Campbell and Cosans (corporal punishment in state schools: respect for parents' philosophical convictions) No breach of Article 3. Breach of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1. 25 March 1983 Silver (prisoners' correspondence) Breach of Articles 6(1), 8 and 13. responsibility of the waste disposal authority in the area of which the waste enters the country, to ensure that the waste is disposed of at appropriately licensed sites.