§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans or studies have been made or commissioned by his Department to assess measures that would have to be taken in the event of contamination by airborne plutonium resulting from a nuclear weapons accident aboard a Royal Navy ship docked at Greenwich.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 12 June 1990]: This is a matter for the Ministry of Defence and I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 12 June at column 142.