§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 29 April,Official Report, column 397, if he will give his current estimate of the time to be taken in thoroughly decommissioning the AWE Llanishen site; when the process is due to start; and if he will make a statement. [27827]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe process will start once current activities have ceased at the Llanishen site in 1997. The work will be undertaken in a careful and progressive manner and in conformity with all relevant guidelines and legislation and the requirements of the regulatory bodies. It is impossible to be precise as to duration, but the whole process will inevitably take some years.