§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will outline the normal procedures for informing the public regarding precautionary measures to be adopted in the event of airborne radioactive materials reaching Scotland.
§ Mr. AncramThe Chernobyl accident is the first occasion on which such measures have had to be adopted. Arrangements were made for the normal monitoring of the concentration of radioactivity in environmental material to be extended. The normal arrangements for informing the public by means of parliamentary statements and news releases were supplemented in this instance by the opening of an information room to deal with inquiries from the public.