HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 c952W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the increase in the undiscounted Magnox liabilities between the figures given in evidence to the Trade and Industry Select Committee and the figure accepted in Magnox's recent report and accounts. [40723]

Mr. Page

The figures for nuclear liabilities published by the Trade and Industry Committee were for the year ending 31 March 1995. The detailed movements in Magnox Electric's undiscounted liabilities in the year ending 31 March 1996 are set out in the table on page 6 of Magnox Electric's report and accounts for that year. The main changes concerned recognition of inflation and the acquisition of Hunterston A.