§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 3 November,Official Report, column 170, on the Zangger committee, what recent work has been produced by the Zangger committee; when it is next due to meet; whether it has discussed the establishment of a reporting system on the export and import of nuclear material and relevant equipment and certain non-nuclear material; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarI have been asked to reply.
Discussions in the Zangger committee are confidential to the parties involved. The next meeting is scheduled to take place in May 1993.
In an effort to strengthen the international safeguards system, the United Kingdom, along with European Community partners, has recently notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that EC member states intend to provide information on transfers of ore concentrates imported or exported from the European Community and information on the items listed in annex B to IAEA INFCIRC/254/Revl/Part 1, when a licence for whose export to a country outside the European Community has been approved. These new arrangements are expected to commence in the new year.