§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if the Government will prepare and publish a study of the alternative ways in which staff involved in the construction of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant could be re-employed on alternative cleaning up work on the Sellafield site or on work elsewhere.
§ Mr. EggarNo. British Nuclear Fuels plc has advised me that operating the thermal oxide reprocessing plant is expected to support some 2,000 permanent jobs in West Cumbria. This major employment benefit is in addition to the employment arising from the decommissioning programme at Sellafield which is already under way and is appropriate to the requirements of the site.