I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way. When John Wakeham and I privatised the electricity industry, the original intention had been to privatise the nuclear power industry, but we could not find anyone in the City of London who was prepared to meet the contingent liabilities of decommissioning nuclear power stations. If the Prime Minister is in favour of nuclear power, is he saying to the House that the Treasury will always meet the costs of decommissioning nuclear power stations? The City has made it very clear that the private sector will never do that.
Debate on the Address
Proceeding contribution from
Tony Baldry
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 November 2006.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Debate on the Address.
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