asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the location of the sites in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom which are being investigated with a view to dumping nuclear waste.

I have been asked to reply.I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Galloway (Mr. Lang) on 4 February about the drilling of exploratory boreholes to investigate the properties and characteristics of different geological formations in relation to the studies into the feasibility of disposing of radioactive waste underground. [Vol. 978, c. 32–3.]