§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of north Wales on the items of equipment available for police use in an accident involving radioactive contamination at (a) A Division (Caernarfon), (b) B Division (Llandudno), (c) C Division (Prestatyn) and (d) D Division (Wrexham) of the north Wales police, listing in each case the number of (i) doesimeters, (ii) radiac survey meters, (iii) sets of protective clothing, (iv) breathing units and (v) decontamination units;
(2) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of north Wales on what training the police in (a) A Division (Caernarfon), (b) B Division (Llandudno), (c) C Division (Prestatyn) and (d) D Division (Wrexham) of the north Wales police have received to deal with accidents involving radioactivity; what regular exercises the division carries out to deal with such accidents; and at what intervals such exercises take place;
149W(3) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of north Wales on what exercises have taken place over the past five years to prepare the police of the north Wales constabulary for (a) an accident involving radioactive contamination and (b) evacuation of the population in the event of the worst case of nuclear reactor disaster under adverse meteorological conditions; and if he will list in each case which units participated.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI shall reply as soon as possible.