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| Cumbria nuclear waste: Councillors 'intimidated', says peer | Cumbria nuclear waste: Councillors 'intimidated', says peer |
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| A minister has said she will consider involving the police following allegations that Cumbria county councillors faced intimidation from anti-nuclear protesters. | A minister has said she will consider involving the police following allegations that Cumbria county councillors faced intimidation from anti-nuclear protesters. |
| Last week, the council voted against the latest stage in the development of the waste facility. | Last week, the council voted against the latest stage in the development of the waste facility. |
| A Tory peer claimed he had seen a "chilling" email saying anti-nuclear campaigners should "scare" councillors. | A Tory peer claimed he had seen a "chilling" email saying anti-nuclear campaigners should "scare" councillors. |
| Lady Verma said she would look carefully at the allegations. | Lady Verma said she would look carefully at the allegations. |
| She told peers : "If it looks as if it is intimidation, then I will take it as a matter perhaps for the police to look at." | She told peers : "If it looks as if it is intimidation, then I will take it as a matter perhaps for the police to look at." |
| Lord Jenkin of Roding, a former minister, said he had obtained a copy of the email. | Lord Jenkin of Roding, a former minister, said he had obtained a copy of the email. |
| He said it referred to a plan to "scare the crap" out of councillors by informing them they might be "personally liable" for reckless decisions. | He said it referred to a plan to "scare the crap" out of councillors by informing them they might be "personally liable" for reckless decisions. |
| Lady Verma asked Lord Jenkin to forward her the email so her officials could examine it in more detail. | |
| The UK government has been seeking a site for the long-term underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste. | The UK government has been seeking a site for the long-term underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste. |
| With some of it staying dangerous for up to 100,000 years, the government's agreed solution is to bury it - permanently. | With some of it staying dangerous for up to 100,000 years, the government's agreed solution is to bury it - permanently. |
| Three Cumbria councils voted on whether to proceed to the next stage in the process of investigating whether such a facility would be possible - and safe - in the county. | Three Cumbria councils voted on whether to proceed to the next stage in the process of investigating whether such a facility would be possible - and safe - in the county. |
| Although Copeland Borough Council voted in favour, Cumbria County Council ruled out Allerdale Borough and then also vetoed a move to this "Stage 4" for Copeland Borough. | Although Copeland Borough Council voted in favour, Cumbria County Council ruled out Allerdale Borough and then also vetoed a move to this "Stage 4" for Copeland Borough. |