§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what considerations underpinned the omission from paragraphs 3.4.14 to 3.4.18, at page 54 of the United Kingdom report to the Commission on Sustainable Development 1994, in management of radioactive waste of Her Majesty's Government's policy to return to countries of origin reprocessing radioactive waste arising from the reprocessing of imported spent nuclear fuel to Sellafield and Dounreay.
§ Mr. AtkinsIt was an editorial decision. As I made clear in the reply which I gave to the right hon. Member on 15 March,Official Report, column 579, the Government intend that British Nuclear Fuels plc should exercise its options for the return of reprocessing waste to the country of origin.