§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his replies to the hon. Member for 456W East Lothian on 10 December 1986, Official Report, columns 173–4, he will now place a full copy of the "Interim Emergency Manual" for Torness nuclear power station in the Library.
§ Mr. LangI refer the hon. Member to my replies of 9 December,Official Report column 136. The interim emergency manual by its nature is subject to revision as commissioning proceeds. Its contents will in due course be incorporated in the emergency plan for Torness nuclear power station. The South of Scotland electricity board has already undertaken to place a copy of the completed emergency Plan in the Library, and also give it wider circulation, when it has been approved by Her Majesty's nuclear installations inspectorate.