§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by year for the last 10 years, and for each port in Scotland, the number of tonnes of hazardous waste that was imported.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Scottish Office does not hold centrally information on the amounts of hazardous waste imported through individual ports. Information on imports of waste is available from the district and islands councils who are competent authorities640W under the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988 which govern movements of such waste into and out of Great Britain. They have reported to us that 453 and 480 tonnes of such waste were imported in the calendar years 1988 and 1989 respectively. Figures for 1990 are not yet available.