Secretary Of State For Scotland And Seismic Survey At Dounreay

EDM number 791 in 1990-91, proposed by Margaret Ewing on 01/05/1991.

That this House condemns the decision by the Secretary of State for Scotland to sustain an appeal by the UKAEA against the refusal of planning permission by Highlands Regional Council for the test drilling of holes and the use of explosive charges for a seismic survey at Dounreay; regards this decision as a contemptuous dismissal of the democratically expressed rights of locally elected representatives to defend their communities; and sees the continuing threat of nuclear disposal as a direct threat to the security and development of industries based on the need to retain a pure environment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.