HC Deb 04 May 1993 vol 224 c39W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to take account of the wider economic and social case when he considers the report by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution on the public consultation process on the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield.

Mr. Maclean

All relevant considerations will be taken into account.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the external legal opinion obtained by his Department on the HMIP public consultation process on Sellafield's radioactive discharges and the THORP project.

Mr. Maclean

In line with the Government's usual practice, I do not intend to publish the legal opinion referred to.