§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to issue a full reply to the second report of the Environment Select Committee on the burning of secondary liquid fuel in cement kilns HC 479 of Session 1994–95. [3792]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe Government expect to make a full response early in the new year.
§ Mr. PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 177W 28 November, Official Report, column 557, what reports he has received from Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution concerning persistent plume grounding at Castle Cement in Clitheroe; and what assessment he has made of the possible risks to public health in the vicinity. [3790]
§ Mr. ClappisonMinisters are fully aware of the reported incidence of plume grounding and the investigative monitoring that national physical laboratory carried out on behalf of HMIP. The results of this investigation are being reviewed by the Department of Health.