§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made for the work of the Health and Safety Executive on safety in nuclear power stations.
§ Mr. OppenheimNone, as general matters of nuclear safety are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend, the President of the Board of Trade.
However, the Department does have responsibility for the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 (IRR85). An analysis of data collected under these regulations was published by the Health and Safety Executive in October 1993. Over the period 1986-1991 it showed a 50 per cent. reduction in the average occupational exposure of workers to radiation at nuclear power stations.