§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he received the 14th annual report from his Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee; and what response he plans to make to the recommendations made by Professor Knill's committee.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's 14th annual report was sent to my right hon. Friend on 17 June. We will respond to it in due course.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will request the chairman of British Nuclear Fuels to make available to hon. Members copies of the BNFL submissions to the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee on the matter of nuclear waste substitution options for foreign reprocessing waste arisings, since his deposition before Parliament on 25 June last year of his correspondence with the chairman of RWMAC on the matter.
§ Mr. AtkinsAs we have not yet received the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's further advice on waste substitution, I am unable to consider this request.