Select Committee Nuclear Report

This week the House of Commons had a debate on the subject "New nuclear? Examining the Issues" which was introduced by the Conservative Chairman of the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Peter Luff M.P.

You can read the full text of the debate in Hansard at the House of Commons website, or on "They work for you" at this URL -

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2007-04-19a.147.1&s=speaker%3A11511#g184.0

This was an excellent debate which showed the House of Commons at its best, and also showed the progress on both the Conservative and Labour sides towards a consensus that new nuclear build has a part to play in a balanced energy policy.

Sadly that consensus does not yet extend to the Liberal Democrats or the Scottish Nationalists, which does not bode well for the ability of Scotland to keep the lights on if an unholy alliance of those two parties takes power North of the Border after the Scottish elections in two weeks.

This is an extremely important issue both for Copeland and for the country. I also raised the importance of nuclear power with David Cameron yesterday, and was pleased with his positive and helpful reply.

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Anonymous said…
Fully agree that we all have a part to play in energy policy.

Also liked your question to David Cameron in the Conference Call on Friday night Chris.
10:50 pm
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