§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the role and powers of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution concerning the company Hunting-BRAE in respect of the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
§ Mr. AitkenHMIP regulates activities at the four AWE sites—Aldermaston, Burghfield, Foulness and Cardiff—in precisely the same manner as it would for any other premises that are subject to relevant legislation, primarily the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It has the power of access to all AWE sites and can take action to require compliance. Its powers include the ability to bring prosecutions against those formally authorised to make discharges and disposals; in the case of AWE this would be Hunting-BRAE.
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The following information has been extracted from the Monthly Weather Report for the latest three years for which complete data are available: District Wettest mm Average mm Driest mm Days of rain Days of snow fall Days of snow cover 1989: 0 2,988 1,452 544 250 40 12 1 1,373 620 385 190 22 9 2 1,289 584 342 140 13 2 3 642 522 433 135 9 2 4 1,659 639 522 140 10 3 5 902 644 450 130 5 1 6 2,537 1,427 748 205 25 7 7 2,353 1,018 628 175 11 4