§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role BNFL will play in maintaining the UK's Trident programme at AWE. [116244]
§ Mr. SpellarBNFL and other members of the AWE ML consortium will be seconding a small number of middle and senior managers to AWE in the short-term, parent company nominees will reduce to only a handful of board members early in the new contract. On the exact responsibilities to be carried out by the nominees from BNFL, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. Rendel) on 15 April 2000,Official Report, column 487W.