HC Deb 03 July 1996 vol 280 c450W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements are to be put in place to seek multilateral approval for the transport of fissile nuclear materials as specified in paragraph 18 of the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 1350). [34400]

Mr. Norris

The arrangements for obtaining Secretary of State approval for the UK part of international movements of fissile material have been in place for many years and were previously stated in the "Code of practice for the carriage of Radioactive materials by road" published by HMSO. These arrangements are now included in the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996.