Ammunition: Beaufort's Dyke
(asked on 29th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the safety of munitions and weapons at Beaufort's Dyke.
This question was answered on 7th July 2021
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 2 July 2020 to the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrock and Cumnock in response to Question number 65014.
Following surveys conducted by the Scottish Government in 1995 and 1996 there is better knowledge of the munitions at Beaufort’s Dyke. The overwhelming view to be found in the scientific literature is that munitions dump-sites on the sea-bed should remain undisturbed.