HC Deb 21 October 1993 vol 230 c278W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent meetings his Department has had with the Institute of Waste Management on inherited liabilities and prospective restoration of contaminated land.

Mr. Yeo

The Department liaises regularly with the Institute of Waste Management to discuss a wide range of environmental and waste management issues. However, the subject of inherited liabilities and prospective restoration has not been discussed in recent meetings.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library the paper on civil liability and contaminated land by his Department's contaminated land and liabilities division, presented to the third environmental insurance conference held in London on 15 October.

Mr. Yeo

I have placed a copy in the Library along with a copy of a speech on the same subject which I delivered to the British Bankers Association on 13 October 1993.