§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his Department's policy on proposals relating to nuclear discharges into the marine environment to be considered at the OSPAR convention meeting in September. [6283]
§ Angela EagleThe UK delegation to the Oslo and Paris Commissions has made clear to our partners in those Commissions that the Government is reviewing the policy to be adopted on all the questions to be discussed at the forthcoming Ministerial meeting of the OSPAR Commission, among others those relating to radioactive substances, including waste. These reviews are not yet complete.