To ask the Prime Minister which Government Department or Departments have responsibility for implementing each of the recommendations of the second report of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE).

Several Government Departments are considering how best to implement these recommendations. Government Departments with an interest in specific recommendations include the following: Scottish Office, recommendations 1, 2 and 4(d); health Departments, recommendation 3; Departments responsible for authorising discharges, recommendations 4(a), (b) and (c); Health and Safety Executive and Departments with appropriate environmental responsibilities, recommendation 5; health Departments and authorising Departments, recommendations 6 and 7; health Departments and Department of Education and Science jointly, recommendation 8. The Departments and agencies to which the recommendations relate will consult one another as appropriate. Co-ordination of action on a United Kingdom basis rests with the Department of Health and Social Security.