HC Deb 05 February 1993 vol 218 cc385-6W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy as President of the European Environment Council to place the issue of the environmental risk of transporting plutonium from Europe to Japan on the agenda for the European Community-Japan bilateral meeting on environmental co-operation to be held on 3 and 4 December in Brussels.

Mr. Maclean:

[holding answer 24 November 1992]: No. The meeting on 3 and 4 December is one between officials of the Commission of the European Communities and Japan. Shipments of plutonium take place only in compliance with stringent internationally agreed standards.