Radioactive Waste (Hansard, 19 April 2004)

§ Mr. Watson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to which Minister the Radioactive Waste Policy Group is responsible and reports. [165257]

§ Mr. Morley
The Radioactive Waste Policy Group (RWPG) is chaired and managed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It is made up of UK Government, devolved Administration and regulatory body representatives. Its terms of reference areTo review and make recommendations on issues which arise in relation to UK radioactive waste management policy, radioactive discharges, and corresponding regulatory processes and arrangements".
The group meets several times a year and functions in the interim through correspondence.

§ Mr. Watson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the members of the Radioactive Waste Policy Group. [165258]
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§ Mr. Morley
The Radioactive Waste Policy Group (RWPG) is made up of representatives from: the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); Department of Health, (DH); Department for Transport (DfT); the Department for Education and Science (DfES); the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); the Ministry of Defence (MOD); the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM); Treasury, the Cabinet Office; the Scottish Executive (SE); the National Assembly for Wales (NAW); the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI); the Health and Safety Executive (HSE); the Environment Agency (EA); the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA); the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS); and the Foods Standards Agency (FSA). Some of these representatives are full participating members. Others are corresponding members, not normally attending meetings but doing so on occasion in light of the agenda. The identities of organisational representatives change over time. I have arranged for the current list of full and corresponding RWPG members to be placed in the Library.