§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 24 June 1998,Official Report, column 499, for what reasons information relating to (a) reactor discharges and dispatches by site and (b) exports and imports of plutonium is no longer to be published; and where the details of amounts of plutonium held in the United Kingdom on behalf of foreign customers will now be published. [48919]
§ Mr. BattleThe publication of the figures which I announced on 2 June 1998,Official Report, column 162, are in the format agreed by the informal group of nine countries, as part of the international guidelines on the management of national holdings of civil plutonium. This is in a format which facilitates international comparisons on a consistent basis. Details of the amount of plutonium held in the United Kingdom belonging to foreign organisations are included amongst the figures published on 2 June 1998, Official Report, column 162.