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WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2001
Members present:
Mr David Curry, in the Chair
| Mr David Borrow | Patrick Hall
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| Mr Austin Mitchell | David Taylor
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| Mr Colin Breed | Mr Michael Jack
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| Diana Organ | Mr Mark Todd |
| Mr David Drew | Mr David Lepper
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| Phil Sawford | |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That the Sub-committee on Radioactive Waste Policy
have the following Orders of Reference: "Following publication
by the Government of the document Managing Radioactive Waste Safely,
and the continuing consultation about the document, the Committee
has also decided to consider radioactive waste policy. It will
examine: the timetable of, and progress made thus far in, the
consultation exercise; what difficulties arise from current radioactive
waste policy, including consideration of what should be defined
as waste; and the impact that future decommissioning of nuclear
power plants, any construction of new plants, and the commencement
of MOX production at Sellafield will have on radioactive waste
policy.".—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr David Borrow, Mr Colin Breed, Mr David
Curry, Mr David Drew, Patrick Hall, Mr Michael Jack, Mr David
Lepper, Mr Stephen O'Brien and Diana Organ be members of the Radioactive
Waste Policy Sub-committee.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr David Curry be Chairman of the Radioactive
Waste Policy Sub-committee.—(The Chairman.)
Update following the Bonn Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
to the Kyoto Protocol, and other environmental issues: Rt Hon
Michael Meacher, a Member of the House, Minister of State (Environment),
and Sarah Hendry, Head of Global Atmosphere Division, Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 31 October at Ten
o'clock.
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