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Nuclear Accidents/Incidents (Schools) (PE996)

Tuesday 20 March 2007 Public Petitions Committee Petitions 4 contributions · 3 speakers

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Michael McMahon Lab The Convener · Hamilton North and Bellshill
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Our next petition is PE996, by Alan MacKinnon, on behalf of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the preparedness of schools to deal with the consequences of nuclear accidents or incidents, and to introduce guidelines for local authorities on how to deal with such emergencies.At its meeting on 30 October 2006, the committee agreed to seek views on the petition from the Headteachers Association of Scotland, the Health and Safety Executive, COSLA and the Scottish Executive, and to seek the petitioner's views on the responses received.It appears that CND acknowledges that there has been a partial recognition of the issue. I will leave it to members' judgment whether they are satisfied with that.

Jackie Baillie Lab Dumbarton
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COSLA has gone further than before with its guidance on "Preparing Scotland", which has been acknowledged as a marked improvement.I note from the Scottish Executive's response that it considers that the matter is for local authorities, but it also states that stocks of potassium iodate tablets are held not at local authority level but at strategic locations. That is probably as it should be, because that is where the risk is best assessed.On the basis that we should encourage organisations such as CND to continue to engage in dialogue with COSLA and others to ensure that the existing guidance continues to be improved, I recommend that we close the petition.

Campbell Martin Ind West of Scotland
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It might not be necessary to keep the petition open to clarify this, but the petitioner has asked specific questions about what would happen in the event of an accident involving the transportation of nuclear material and whether the strategic co-ordinating groups that are referred to in the guidance are actually in place. If an answer to those questions can be sent directly to the petitioner, it will not be necessary to keep the petition open.

Michael McMahon Lab The Convener · Hamilton North and Bellshill
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Are members agreed that we should seek answers on those points, pass them on to the petitioner and close the petition?Members indicated agreement.

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