§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment in which areas of the United Kingdom the British Geological Survey has been working since November 1987 in respect of UK Nirex's search for a suitable site for a nuclear waste disposal facility; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MoynihanI understand from UK Nirex Ltd. that British Geological Survey's work has concentrated on the geological areas identified in Nirex's discussion document "The Way Forward" as potentially suitable for the development of a radioactive waste disposal facility.