§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he will issue advice on the observance of the justification principle including the needs(a) to carry out full cost-benefit analyses of practices giving rise to radiation exposures, (b) to discuss available alternatives to such practices and (c) to estimate global untruncated population doses from such practices. [132292]
§ Mr. Mullin[holding answer 25 July 2000]: I expect to issue a statement in the autumn on the way justification issues will be handled, that will take account of the considerations to which my hon. Friend refers.