Comment

Representation ID: 3901

Received: 08/09/2024

Respondent: Mrs Alison Gray

I feel strongly that the MoD should take responsibility for land it has contaminated, particularly out at Chattenden, where it has been the sole user and contaminator. Sites should be restored to how they were before use.
The expense of decontamination should not mean that the site is left unresolved and contaminated for future generations to face.
If the Swiss Defence Department is offering a reward for ideas to retrieve 12,000 tonnes of old munitions from Swiss Lakes which they thought were safe and now know are not...this is less daunting. Government finance?