HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 cc923-4W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what environmental assessments his Department has conducted on the transport of nuclear materials to and from the United States of America from the United Kingdom undertaken within the provisions of the 1958 mutual defence agreement on atomic energy matters as amended. [40747]

Mr. Soames

I am not aware of any requirement for environmental assessments in this context; none has therefore been carried out. Whenever nuclear materials are transported by the UK, they are carried in containers which are designed, manufactured and tested in conformity with the appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency regulations.