§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current level of cooperation with Russia on millennium compliance; what is his assessment of the(a) readiness and (b) cost of Russian compliance; and if Russian (i) ballistic missiles and (ii) power stations are millennium compliant. [89604]
§ Mr. HoonAs a member of the G8, Russia is working closely with its international partners to address the issue of millennium compliance across all sectors including energy and defence. It is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the costs involved. There is no evidence to suggest that ballistic missiles are affected by millennium date problems. The Russian electricity generation and distribution company has stated that it is increasingly confident that it will be able to continue to supply electricity over the date change period.