Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Thursday, 21 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 October 2010. It was answered by Peter Luff (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 October 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will bring forward proposals to transfer the functions of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator to an independent external regulatory body under the control of the proposed new Office of Nuclear Regulation.
- Answer
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There are no proposals to transfer the functions of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) to any other body.DNSR will continue to work closely with the statutory regulators, including the proposed Office of Nuclear Regulation, to provide complete regulation of the defence nuclear programmes including those aspects exempted from statutory oversight.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 19709; 517 c447W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Nuclear weapons Regulation Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator
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