HC Deb 22 April 1996 vol 276 cc26-7W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what explosions recorded by the British Geological Survey in the immediate vicinity of Beaufort's dyke in 1995 were related to his Ministry's activities. [25720]

Mr. Soames

From the data supplied by the British Geological Survey, one explosion in the immediate vicinity of Beaufort's dyke corresponds to the record of a controlled detonation of a second world war mine on 7 February 1995 on a beach in the West Freugh range area.