§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what legal costs have been incurred to date by his Department in connection with the Sizewell inquiry; and what he expects the total costs to be.
§ Mr. KingThe services of Treasury Solicitor and his staff are provided to my Department in the normal course of their duties and no extra expense has been incurred other than a small amount for travel and subsistence. Counsel has been instructed to represent the Department of the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of Transport, and the proportion of his fees incurred on behalf of my Department will be met from the law charges Vote by Treasury Solicitor. However, I understand that it is not Treasury Solicitor's practice to disclose the fees paid to individual counsel.