§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has received concerning the expected shipment of high-level nuclear waste from Cherbourg to Japan. [25060]
§ Mr. FatchettFormal representations on the high level nuclear waste shipment presently sailing from France to Japan have been received from the governments of Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Our diplomatic posts have relayed to them, and to the governments of all those countries on its route, details of the voyage and the measures taken to ensure the safety of the ship and its cargo.