§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the potential contamination of the English Channel and the fish and mammals therein from the discharge of radioactive material into the sea from the Cap de la Hague nuclear power station. [4643]
§ Mr. RookerThe Department carries out regular monitoring and assessment of the radioactive contamination of marine foodstuffs and environmental indicator materials within the English Channel.
The results are published annually in the Department's report "Radioactivity in Food and the Environment". The latest report, for 1995, shows that the contamination attributable to the discharges of radioactivity from the Cap de la Hague reprocessing plant are of negligible radiological significance.