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To ask the Scottish Executive in respect of which sites and locations it has received advice from the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee since May 1999.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 December 2000
I have given copies of the act to a number of visitors to my surgeries, on the basis that it will inform their legal advisers about something of which—it appeared to me—they were unaware.
I welcome members who are not members of the committee—Mr Jamie McGrigor and Euan Robson—who have come along because they expressed an interest in the business that we are conducting today.
While the minister acknowledges the contribution made by the Paisley Daily Express campaign in promoting Paisley and its economy, does he agree that traffic access to Paisley is critical for the survival of its economy?
I welcome the three additional members who have joined us—Des McNulty, Ken Macintosh and Alex Neil.Item 1 is consideration of whether to take agenda items 3 and 4 in private.
Excessive infrastructure requirements and difficult site conditions often mean that apparently promising sites in good locations have to be rejected on cost grounds.