§ Ms GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to comply with EC directive 89/618/Euratom by initiating a public information campaign on matters of nuclear safety connected with the movement of military convoys carrying nuclear weapons around the country, in case of accident.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNone. The EC directive 89/618/EURATOM has been enacted in Great Britain by means of the Public Information for Radiation Emergency Regulations 1992, which came into force on 1 January 1993. These regulations require prior information to be given to the public only when it is reasonably foreseeable that a radiation emergency would affect the public in an identifiable area. Given the stringent safety standards we apply, we do not believe that military convoys carrying nuclear weapons can give rise to such a radiation emergency.