Written question asked by Norman A Godman (Labour) on Thursday, 27 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 December 1997. It was answered by Malcolm Chisholm (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 December 1997 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will discuss the report of the National Radiological Protection Board Assessment of the Radiological Implications of Dumping in Beaufort's Dyke and Other Coastal Waters from the 1950s with representatives of (a) the Clyde Fishermen's Association and (b) other fishermen's organisations.

Answer: Mr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will discuss the report of the National Radiological Protection Board Assessment of the Radiological Implications of Dumping in Beaufort's Dyke and Other Coastal Waters from the 1950s with representatives of (a) the Clyde Fishermen's Association and (b) other fishermen's organisations; and if he will make a statement. [18640] Mr. Chisholm: The National Radiological Protection Board report concludes that any doses of radiation from the past dumpings identified would be well within the International Commission on Radiological Protections's recommended limit and that further additional monitoring is not required. However, the Board recommended that advice should be drawn up against the possibility, which it acknowledges is remote, that two anti-static devices dumped off Arran in 1958 might be trawled up and washed ashore. My officials will be in touch with the fishermen's association once that advice has been finalised.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 18640; 302 c219-20W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Coastal areas Fisheries Environment protection Hazards Pollution Radiation National Radiological Protection Board Radioactive materials Scotland Water Waste disposal Seas and oceans Beaufort's Dyke Clyde Fishermen's Association Isle of Arran Firth of Clyde