Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Ministers of his Department approved the submission of the application for HM Naval Base Devonport to release radioactive rainwater into the river Tamar before that application was submitted to the Environment Agency.

Ministry of Defence Ministers noted a submission informing them of Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport's intention to apply to the Environment Agency (EA) to vary the disposal method for a low-level liquid radioactive waste stream on 17 May 2021, letters were sent to local constituency MPs informing them that the application will be made on 18 May and HMNB Devonport’s formal application to the EA was made on 22 June 2021.