HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 c673W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent scientific re-assessment she has received of volcanic risks in Montserrat; and if she will make a statement. [79060]

Clare Short

The latest volcanic assessment was undertaken earlier this month. The review concluded that there has been no resumption of magmatic eruption since March 1998, and that risk levels of a major volcanic eruption are now similar to those in other Caribbean volcanic islands.

I have placed copies of the full report in the Libraries of the House.

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