§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he plans to take during the United Kingdom presidency of the European Community to co-ordinate and promote a common information strategy for the public on radioactive waste, as set out in point 6 in the annex to the Council resolution of 15 June on the Community action plan on radioactive waste, published in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities No. C 158/3–5, 25 June.
§ Mr. MacleanIt is expected that the EC Commission will take forward the recommendations of research studies which it has undertaken in this field. In doing so it will be advised by the advisory committee on programme management for the Community plan of action in the field of radioactive waste. The United Kingdom is represented on this advisory committee. The United Kingdom can provide examples of good practice, for example, the highly successful Sellafield visitor centre. The United Kingdom is also implementing the European Community directive on the freedom of access to information on the environment—90/313/Euratom.