§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Prime Minister if, pursuant to the reply of 6 May to the hon. Member for Stockton North, she will specify the precise documentary forms in which the emergency plans and procedures for dealing with the threat from nuclear fallout exist; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterInformation and advice on the response to nuclear emergencies in peacetime and in war is contained in the "Emergency Planning Guidance to Local Authorities", a copy of which is in the Library. Information is also issued by the Health and Safety Executive in its booklet "Emergency Plans for Civil Nuclear Installations".
More detailed plans and procedures are formulated and held at local level.
§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Prime Minister if she will take steps to make available to members of the public a document containing the Government's advice as to the precautions and protective measures to be taken when the threat of nuclear fallout, whether from civil or military sources, is imminent or present; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is preparing general public information material about civil defence which will be issued later this year. As to peacetime incidents, the Government will give detailed advice in response to any specific incident that may occur, and I refer the hon. Gentleman to the Secretary of State for the Environment's statement on 6 May at column 21.