Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Lilley Excerpts

Thursday 1st July 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am sorry, but I must tell the House that progress is simply too slow. We need snappier questions and snappier answers.

[Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)]

Will my right hon. Friend reassure the House that he will not be put off building nuclear power stations by exaggerated fears of the dangers of disposing of nuclear waste in one or two sites, especially as those who promote those fears seem to have no doubts about the problems of sequestering CO₂ from carbon storage and capture in thousands of sites for thousands of years?

[Chris Huhne]

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point about the importance of continuing the Government’s efforts to deal with the legacy of nuclear waste and decommissioning as a reassurance to those involved in new nuclear build that the problem will be dealt with properly. The Government have that very much in hand.