HC Deb 28 March 1988 vol 130 c295W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) who will bear, following the privatisation of the electricity supply industry, the total costs and full responsibility for the safe disposal of nuclear waste;

(2) who will be responsible, following the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board, for the decommissioning of nuclear power stations; and who will bear the cost for the decommissioning.

Mr. Parkinson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Blyth Valley (Mr. Campbell) on 22 March 1988 at column68.