Debate on select committee report on Monday, 29 October 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Earl of Selborne. The answering member was Lord Rooker.

Energy: Radioactive Waste Management (S&T Report)

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Science and Technology Committee on Radioactive Waste Management: An Update (HL 109 2006-07). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 695 c1219-48
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Science and Technology Committee (HL)
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Radioactive waste management: an update. Science and Technology Select Committee (HL) fourth report with evidence.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
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Proceeding contributions: Lord May of Oxford | 695 c1226-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest albeit a rather diffuse one: before I was personally tran...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 695 c1223-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak as a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee, although I was not inv...; Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 695 c1221-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak in support of the report of the Science and Technology Committee. Nuclear waste is...; Earl of Selborne | 695 c1219-21 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the Science and Technology Committee on Ra...; Lord Tombs | 695 c1231-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as has been said, the first inquiry by the Select Committee on Science and Technology was ...; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 695 c1228-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many of the points that I might have made have already been well made by others. I was a m...; Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 695 c1233 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the last debate, one of your distinguished Members commented that you are not unanimous...; Lord Redesdale | 695 c1233 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the report. Indeed, it seems to be an almost biennial report. I see from t...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 695 c1235-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by thanking my noble friend Lord Selborne for tabling this Motion. The report is a...; Lord Redesdale | 695 c1233-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am on the Liberal Democrat Benches, but I have never said that we are unanimous on this ...; Lord Redesdale | 695 c1238 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister suggested that the Liberal Democrats—or any opposition body—in their oppositi...; Lord Rooker | 695 c1238-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in that respect, I was not referring to the Lib Dems. There are plenty of other people who...; Lord Rooker | 695 c1239-47 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, no, I did not say that. One day last week I read the whole transcript of the 11 October co...; Earl of Selborne | 695 c1247-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the whole House, and particularly the members of the committee who participated in the pre...; Lord Rooker | 695 c1238 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to reiterate the last point of the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, I am grateful to t...; Lord Jenkin of Roding | 695 c1239 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving way. This point was pressed on both Mr Pearson and Mr Wool...
Subjects: Accountability Public appointments Radioactive waste Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Parliamentary scrutiny Location Training Security Storage Waste management Committee on Radioactive Waste Management Geology
Legislation: Energy Act 2004
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Energy: Radioactive Waste Management (S&T Report)

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