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Nuclear dump: Cornwall cannot be bought, say MPs

Nuclear dump: Cornwall cannot be bought, say MPs

this is cornwall.co.uk  January 09, 2009, Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat MPs and Parliamentary candidates have united to slam plans to investigate the possibility of a nuclear waste site being located in the Duchy…………………………If the county were to host such a site it could receive billions of pounds of Government funds in return to improve infrastructure and public facilities…………………………other Lib Dems say that no amount of money would be enough to convince them it would be a good idea.

Stephen Gilbert, parliamentary candidate for St Austell and Newquay, said: “My view is very simple, the Government could never offer Cornwall enough money for me to believe that we should be used as the dumping ground for Britain’s nuclear waste. The County Council Lib Dem Executive was right to reject the idea in the first place and now needs to throw it out again.

“Cornwall has fought long and hard to develop its reputation as being at the forefront of the green revolution, with great local food producers, new technologies and a growing environmental tourism sector. We must not put this reputation at risk.”

North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson said: “We will not accept the Government’s bribes.

“Cornwall should not have to become a dumping ground for hazardous nuclear waste just to get the funding we need for local services. We deserve that as of right.

“There may be extra funding on offer from Ministers but the price is too high, and I am pleased the leadership of the council is clear that this should not go ahead.”

Falmouth and Camborne MP Julia Goldsworthy added: “The last thing Cornwall needs is nuclear waste on our doorstep.

“There could be serious risks to health if anything went wrong with the storage arrangements, to say nothing of the obvious problems that could occur if material escaped en route through Cornwall.

“This is a bad idea that the council was right to abandon. They must stick to their guns.”

Nuclear dump: Cornwall cannot be bought, say MPs

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