§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has received any representations either from British citizens or Ministers of foreign Governments on the barring of nuclear safeguards inspectors from the Magnox reprocessing line at Sellafield by Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. LuceThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received no such representations. However, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy said in440W answer to the hon. Gentleman's question to him on 18 February, at column 353, discussions on the implementation of safeguards at Sellafield are under way.