§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will invite European Commission safety inspectors to evaluate the radiation protection arrangements in place at the Wylfa and Trawsfyndd nuclear plants under the provisions of article 35 of the Euratom treaty.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe United Kingdom Government have agreed with the European Commission the procedures to be followed in carrying out, under article 35 of the Euratom treaty, verifications of the operation and efficiency of environmental monitoring facilities in the United Kingdom. It is for the Commission in the first instance to indicate which monitoring facilities it would wish to visit under these arrangements; it has not yet made any formal requests to so so.