§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how the present policy on high-level waste management is covered by Her Majesty's Government's commitment to meet the responsibility of nuclear waste management by the present generation.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe Government's policy is that high-level radioactive wastes should be stored for at least 50 years to allow them to cool. As this is the most appropriate technical means of dealing with the wastes, it is the strategy which best meets our responsibilities to future generations.