§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Energy where supplies of uranium oxide will be obtained after supplies from the Rossing mine in Namibia terminate in 1984.
§ Mr. John MooreThe CEGB has informed me that it has a long-term contract for uranium oxide supplies with Canada which is due to expire in the early 1990s. This, along with the United Kingdom's existing civil stockpile, is adequate to meet known future demand well beyond the expiry date of the existing Rossing contract. The British Civil Uranium Procurement Directorate, following its policy on diversification of supplies, will secure further uranium as and when the need arises.