§ Mr. Geraint DaviesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on further measures taken by Her Majesty's Government to implement the international guidelines on plutonium. [27291]
§ Mr. BattleIn my answer on 2 December 1997,Official Report, column 164, I informed the House that the UK accepted a commitment under the guidelines to publish occasional statements explaining our national strategy for nuclear power and the nuclear fuel cycle, including our general plans for managing national holdings of plutonium. I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the document outlining our policy on this subject. In accordance with the requirements of the guidelines, I have also today sent a copy of the document to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who will be circulating it to Member States in due course.