HC Deb 30 November 1994 vol 250 cc702-3W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what grounds AEA technology jobs at Dounreay have been privatised.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The Government's intention to privatise what is now AEA Technology was announced last February by my hon. Friend the Minister for Industry and Energy, 17 February 1994,Official Report, columns 922–24. The announcement outlined the criteria on which decisions on the form of privatisation will be taken. As announced in the Queen's Speech, a Bill to provide for privatisation will be introduced this Session.