HC Deb 22 March 1990 vol 169 c712W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the occasions in the last 10 years that Her Majesty's Government have been informed under international agreements of any release of radioactive material that could be of radiological significance for the United Kingdom.

Mr. Trippier

Her Majesty's Government have never been informed of a release of radioactive material of radiological significance to the United Kingdom under international agreements.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the occasions in the last 10 years that RIMNET has detected abnormal levels of radiation in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Trippier

The RIMNET monitors were installed in June 1988. No abnormal levels of radiation have been detected since that date.