§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the current and intended arrangements of transportation of plutonium by sea.
§ Mr. Benn:As I informed my hon. Friend the Member for Coatbridge and Airdrie (Mr. Dempsey) on 22nd November 160W 1978, I have asked the Health and Safety Commission to advise me on the overall safety of the Atomic Energy Authority's proposal to transport plutonium in the form of nitrate solution from Dounreay to Windscale. I am awaiting its report.