HC Deb 12 March 1999 vol 327 c407W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on British Nuclear Fuel's plans to dispose of nuclear waste in Australia. [75941]

Mr. Battle

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Mr. Meale), to the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr. Stunell) on 30 November 1998,Official Report, column 48.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the stockpile of nuclear waste at Sellafield contains material of high enough quality to make a nuclear weapon; and if he will make a statement. [76015]

Mr. Battle

The material contained within nuclear waste currently stored at Sellafield is not of suitable quality to make a nuclear weapon.