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Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 June 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 June 2002. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 June 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulations cover radioactively contaminated land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department.
Answer

Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what regulations cover radioactively contaminated land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department. [61965] Mr. Ingram: At present there are no regulations covering specifically radioactively contaminated land. However, a consultation paper on the control and remediation of radioactively contaminated land was jointly published by the then Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Welsh and Scottish Offices in February 1998. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is considering the way forward on regulations concerning radioactively contaminated land in the light of the responses to that consultation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
387 c200W;387 c201W; 61965
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Contamination Land Pollution Pollution control Radioactivity Ministry of Defence Regulation
Link
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