§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he has made to the Health and Safety Commission's emergency planning consultative document No. 32 concerning the definition of zones for radiation emergencies.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 25 January 1993]: I have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, together with the Secretary of State for Scotland, has responsibility for the regulations proposed in this consultative document. The consultative document proposed that the existing arrangements for determining the scope of detailed and extended planning should continue following the introduction of the Off-Site Plan (Licensed Nuclear Installations) Regulations. Some commentators sought a wider planning area, but most supported the existing basis for planning.