To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent scientific re-assessment she has received of volcanic risks in Montserrat; and if she will make a statement. [79060]

The latest volcanic assessment was undertaken earlier this month. The review concluded that there has been no resumption of magmatic eruption since March 1998, and that risk levels of a major volcanic eruption are now similar to those in other Caribbean volcanic islands.I have placed copies of the full report in the Libraries of the House.