§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has received a copy of the report on the movement and management of toxic waste approved by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and if he will make it his policy that the United Kingdom complies fully with the recommendations made in this report.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyWe have seen the provisional edition of the recommendations on transfrontier movement of toxic waste by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The United Kingdom, by signing the Basel convention on transboundary movements of hazardous waste and working within the European Community for its ratification and implementation, intends to comply with the recommendations.