HC Deb 17 June 1997 vol 296 cc147-8W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if the Government will rule out any investigation of site 6 as a location for the disposal of nuclear waste. [3600]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 16 June 1997]: There are no plans to commence investigations there or elsewhere, nor are there grounds on which to exclude any site from further consideration.

Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the impact of newspaper reports claiming to identify site 6 for the disposal of nuclear waste on the blighting of property in the area identified. [3647]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 16 June 1997]: Since there are no plans to commence investigations there or elsewhere, I have no wish to comment on the impacts of speculative newspaper reports of this kind.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what geological conditions his Department requires for the underground storage of nuclear waste material; and if these conditions would be satisfied at the Stanta training area near Thetford. [3456]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 16 June 1997]: It is for the Environment Agencies to decide on a case by case basis whether particular proposals meet the safety requirements for radioactive waste disposal. I have no information about whether these requirements would be met by particular sites.

Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions whether matters of planning blight have been taken into account in the decision to refuse to reveal the location of site 6. [3601]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 16 June 1997]: I can confirm that such matters have been taken into account.