HC Deb 11 May 1999 vol 331 cc82-3W
Mr. Alan Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what data he has collated on the possibility that spent nuclear fuel has been imported for the purpose of sham reprocessing at Sellafield as defined by the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste; in respect of which countries; and if he will make a statement; [83265]

(2) if his Department will conduct a study into how the tests for sham reprocessing recommended in the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste might be incorporated into UK law; and if he will make a statement. [82826]

Mr. Battle

[holding answer 5 May 1999]: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, North (Mr. Chaytor) on 10 February 1998, Official Report, column 206.