§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on progress made to date by British Nuclear Fuels in meeting its obligations to reduce radioactive discharges under the 1998 Sintra Agreement of the Ospar Commission. [3951]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Government are committed to meeting the obligations they entered into at Sintra and have demonstrated this, with regard to radioactive substances, by issuing for consultation last year a draft UK Strategy for Radioactive Discharges 2001–20. The final strategy will be published later this year. It will take account of information on discharges provided by British Nuclear Fuels, including that provided to the Environment Agency in the context of its current review of the Sellafield site.
§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place in the Library copies of(a) UK submissions and (b) other submissions with relevance to the United Kingdom to the Ospar meeting held in Valencia on 25 and 28 June. [3952]
§ Mr. MeacherI am arranging for copies of the Summary Record of the recent Ospar meeting to be placed in the Libraries of the House. This is a full record of the issues discussed and the decisions reached at the meeting held in Valencia on 25 to 29 June. The Summary Record is also available on the Ospar website: www.ospar.org.