§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 12 January 1998,Official Report, column 187, if his reference to historic levels relates to pre-1998 levels; and if it is his intention to reduce concentrations under paragraph 15 of the Sintra statement to pre-1998 levels by 2020. [66560]
§ Mr. MealeThe UK is working with the other OSPAR Contracting Parties to establish a common understanding of "historic levels" and how these levels will relate to Member States' obligations under the Radioactive Substances Strategy agreed at Sintra. The UK will fully meet its international obligations agreed at Sintra and elsewhere.