§ Geraldine SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the representations(a) made to and (b) received from the European Commission by her Department in respect of the Sellafield MOX plant since 1 January. [19406]
§ Margaret BeckettI have been asked to reply.
Further to my answer to my hon. Friend on 10 December 2001, Official Report, column 681W, I understand that the European Commission wrote to the Department of Trade and Industry on 20 November 2001 about whether state aid had been granted to the Sellafield MOX plant. The DTI does not believe that any state aid has been given to the plant and replied on 7 January.