§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is provided with identically worded warrants of authority to factory, agriculture and mines inspectors; and if, in consequence, each inspectorate can authorise all statutory authorisations and exemptions.
§ Mr. WaddingtonWith a few exceptions, the warrants are identical and consequently inspectors generally exercise the same powers. Administrative arrangements ensure that inspectors exercise these powers only in those areas with which they are directly concerned. Nuclear site licences are issued by the Health and Safety Executive and individual inspectors do not have any statutory power to give authorisations and exemptions in relation to them.