§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in fulfilment of paragraphs B4.1 and B4.2 on radioactive substances in annex 3 of the action plan of the ministerial meeting of the Oslo and Paris Commissions on the Prevention of Marine Pollution, 21 and 22 September 1992.
§ Mr. MacleanI have been asked to reply.
The question of criteria for assessing and/or reporting on best available techniques for the prevention and elimination of pollution by radioactive substances in the north-east Atlantic—paragraph B.4.1—is one which has been the subject of extended debate among the contracting parties of the Paris convention. Further discussion of the possibility of developing such criteria will no doubt continue. The adoption of further measures—paragraph B.4.2—will be considered as and when necessary. The United Kingdom is applying the best available techniques and sees no need for any measures to be adopted by the Paris commission.