§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures he is taking to take account of the representations received by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution before the consultation period on discharges licences for the Sellafield site began; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanHer Majesty's inspectorate of pollution received approximately 38,000 representations shortly before the statutory public consultation period began on 85W 16 November 1992. The comments made will be taken into consideration by the authorising departments in their determination of BNFL's applications.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many letters of objection to the application for new discharges licences for the Sellafield site have been received by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution from(a) statutory consultees, (b) local authorities and (c) individual members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanHer Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has received approximately 75,000 letters concerning this matter of which it is estimated that more than 50,000 are objecting to the proposals. Of the total received by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution there have been eight representations by statutory consultees and over 100 local authorities have written in.