§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the expanded plutonium disposition planning group. [154204]
§ Mr. WilsonThere has been no formal expansion of the G8 plutonium disposition planning group (PDPG). However, on 9 March in Brussels, the Russian and US co-chairs of the PDPG gave a briefing on the state of the. plutonium disposition programme to other interested Governments and industry representatives.
Russia and the US gave presentations on the development of the programme so far, and took questions.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 12 February 2001, Official Report, column 47W, if the paper on fuel leasing to which the United Kingdom is committed under the action points agreed in the meeting of the Plutonium Disposition Planning Group held in Rome on 6 and 7 February has been produced; and if he will place a copy in the Library once it is ready. [154230]
§ Mr. WilsonA provisional version of the paper on fuel leasing has been produced and is awaiting comments from the rest of the G8. The UK will then revise the paper in the light of these comments.
It is a document communicated in confidence between Governments.