§ Mr. McGuireasked the Minister of Power whether, in view of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on 61W the accounts of the Atomic Energy Authority, he will in future, when quoting costs per unit sent out from Magnox nuclear power stations, adjust them to allow for the £24 million royalties to the Atomic Energy Authority which have been waived.
§ Mr. FreesonNo. It would be impracticable and misleading to include additional costs which the operator is not in fact having to incur. For the Second Nuclear Power Programme, however, it is our present practice to include the agreed royalty of 0.014d./kWh in quoting estimates of A.G.R. costs.