Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Tami (Labour), on Thursday, 26 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF UK'S NUCLEAR WASTE

That this House believes that the challenge of dealing with the UK's nuclear waste is a major ethical, economic and political priority; and welcomes the Secretary of State for the Environment's Answer of 16th July 2003 which announced an important step forward in reaching a policy for the long-term management of the UK's radioactive waste by announcing the establishment of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) and set out the Government's position on Nirex, in particular recognising the important role which Nirex has in contributing to the development of a policy which is publicly acceptable; agrees with the Government's position that 'It is important that the company (Nirex) can do this from a position where it is, and can be seen to be, independent of (the nuclear) industry'; notes that the options which might meet the 'independence of industry' and 'under greater government control' criteria are being jointly evaluated by DTI and DEFRA; and seeks an early announcement of how the decision to make Nirex independent will be carried out so that Nirex along with other stakeholders can best contribute to the work of CoRWM as it assesses the options for long-term management of radioactive waste in the UK.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF UK'S NUCLEAR WASTE (718A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Llew Smith (primary, Labour) and tabled on Thursday, 4 March 2004. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

Line 2, after 'priority', insert 'further believes that an essential prerequisite to a sensible nuclear waste policy is to halt the increase in the stockpile by stopping reprocessing'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

718 

718A1 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Decommissioning Radioactive waste Waste management Waste disposal

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk