§ Mr. BatesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will report on progress to implement the United Kindom's voluntary offer to provide the International Atomic Energy Agency under the terms of INFCIRC/415 with information on international transfers of nuclear materials and equipment.
§ Mr. EggarInformation on licensed United Kingdom transfers of nuclear equipment to countries outside the European Community will be provided quarterly by my Department. Information on nuclear materials, licensed for export to a country outside the European Community, is being provided on behalf of the Twelve by the Commission of the European Community. We consider the provision of this information to the agency to be in the public interest as part of continuing efforts to strengthen IAEA safeguards.
Commercial confidentiality will be respected. The agency has undertaken to treat the information with the same level of confidentiality as that applied to information under a safeguards agreement.