To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information regarding the proposal to site a hazardous waste incinerator at Dupont's Maydown complex has been furnishd to the DED's health and safety inspectorate; and what action the inspectorate is now undertaking.

Du Pont (UK) Limited has provided the Department of Economic Development's health and safety inspectorate with outline information concerning the possible siting of a toxic waste incinerator at Maydown, Co. Londonderry, and the inspectorate is continuing to monitor health and safety aspects of the company's proposals as further details become available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 29 January, Official Report, column 470, what consultation the DOE environmental protection division have had regarding the proposed siting of a hazardous waste incinerator at Du Pont's Maydown complex; what information has been furnished to the division regarding the proposal; and what advice it has given or action it has taken on the matter to date.

The environmental protection division of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland was advised by Du Pont (UK) Ltd of the proposal to establish a hazardous waste incinerator on its site at Maydown in October 1990. In December 1990 the company confirmed in writing that the evaluation of the project was under way. Officials from the Department's environmental protection division will be available for consultation with the company.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 29 January, Official Report, column 471, if he will make a statement indicating the scope and nature of informal discussion of the proposed hazardous waste incinerator at Maydown between officials of the United Kingdom and Irish Governments.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the joint statement of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference which took place in Dublin on 31 January 1991.