§ 32. Mr. Tam DalyellIf she will set up a Select Committee to assess the future of Dounreay.[45254]
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of CommonsNo. This matter already falls within the responsibility of the Trade and Industry Committee.
§ Mr. DalyellThat Committee's visit to Dounreay brought some sanity to a situation in which Dounreay has been the victim of sensationalist and technically ignorant journalism. Given the huge resources of skill on the north coast of Scotland, how can the Government do without the plant in tackling their own targets for carbon dioxide reductions?
Mrs. TaylorI am sure that members of the Select Committee will note by hon. Friend's comments. Later this summer the Government will publish a wide-ranging and open consultation paper on policy options for meeting the Kyoto target and moving towards our domestic aim of a 20 per cent. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010. A great number of people will wish to respond to and take part in that consultation process; I am sure that my hon. Friend will wish to do so, too.