NRPB Response Statement

The Scottish Parliament Transport and the Environment Committee

Report on inquiry into the proposals to introduce new planning procedures for telecommunications developments (29 March 2000)

NRPB welcomes this report1 as a significant contribution to the debate on issues raised by mobile phone technology. Much of the report is concerned with planning matters related to mobile phone masts on which it would be inappropriate for NRPB to comment. We note the Committee’s recommendations on the precautionary principle, and their view that the UK should adopt guidelines on exposures recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

This report, along with the report from the Science and Technology Committee on Mobile Phones and Health (September 1999)2, will provide a constructive input into the development of advice on this issue. We look forward to the forthcoming report from the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones3 which is due to be published in May 2000.

  1. The report is available in full on the web site of the Scottish Parliament.

  2. Science and Technology Committee Third Report. Scientific advisory system: mobile phones and health. Vol. 1, Report and Proceedings of the Committee (23 September 1999).

  3. Further information on the work of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (IEGMP) can be found on its web site.

NRPB Response Statement R1/00
29 March 2000

Last updated 29th March 2000