Premier Jennifer Smith is confident efforts to resolve pollution problems on the former US bases will bear fruit after her meeting in London last week.

The Premier gave a report to the House of Assembly on Friday outlining her most recent visit to the UK, which was made at the invitation of the Foreign and Commonwealth office.

The purpose of the visit was to attend a presentation of the preliminary findings of Environmental Resources Management's (ERM) review of contamination issues at the former US bases to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence and Bermuda Government.

Ms Smith told the House that the consultants would finish their report soon, after which it would be presented to the UK government and Bermuda Government for study. Both would then decide on how to make a joint approach to the US government.

The meeting was hosted by Baroness Scotland, the UK's Minister for Overseas Territories, who concluded the meeting by reaffirming the UK's commitment to continuing its pressure on US authorities to fulfil their responsibility to clean up their former bases.

The British government is backing Bermuda's efforts to force the US government to foot the estimated $60 million clean up bill and remove oil from caves under the former annex, as well as tons of asbestos, poisonous heavy metals and other pollutants at the former naval air station.

However, the official stance of the US Government is to only pay for clean ups at their former military installations when there is an "imminent risk to health''.

Ms Smith ended her statement by saying, "This Government has every confidence that our pursuit for a resolution to the problems posed by contamination on the former US Base lands via the United Kingdom government, the signatories to the original agreement, is the correct and proper course to take and we believe that this course will ultimately bear fruit.'' Accompanying the Premier on the trip was Minister of the Environment Arthur Hodgson, Minister of Development and Opportunity Terry Lister, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Robert Horton and Chief of Staff and Senator, Lt. Colonel David Burch.