Nuclear Safeguards Bill

At this stage, I intervene only to ask: is the Minister aware of the full costs of all the measur...

As I said earlier, we think that the costs will be broadly in line with the current costs of what...

I apologise for coming back to the Minister but, as I understand it, we are talking about two ite...

I think I answered that question at Second Reading and gave a figure to the noble Lord. Rather th...

When the Minister writes that letter, and assuming we all get it, can he please include some indi...

Obviously the noble Lord is right that assets belonging to Euratom are in there. I do not think I...

Email is also very useful these days.

My Lords, we have discovered email. I can use all possible methods.

I have given the assura...

Having listened to the debate across the House, I think it appropriate that I ponder what the Min...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

8: Clause 1, page 4, line 3, at end insert—

“( ) In ...

I shall also speak to Amendment 13 in this group. At Second Reading we on these Benches drew atte...

I support Amendments 8 and 13 and do not intend to speak at length. When the Minister was respond...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Grantchester and Lord Fox, for their contributions. The a...

The noble Baroness may accuse me of being pedantic, but she said that her noble friend “hopes” to...

My noble friend Lord Henley has just whispered “expects” to me.

I am most grateful.

Noble Lords will recall that I updated the House last week, during the first sitting of this Comm...

I thank the Minister for giving way. She has just referred to every time that we have a new agree...

Of course, it is very difficult to be specific on that but, as we know, we are focusing on four N...

I thank the Minister for that very full response and am grateful, too, to hear the whispers betwe...

Moved by

Lord Teverson

10: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Fr...

My Lords, let me say first that the last thing that I would expect—and this will be a great relie...

My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for this amendment. I also commend his sub-com...

My Lords, I accept that this is a probing amendment and that the noble Lord wanted to go wider th...

Picking on the language, the Minister talked a number of times about skilled people. The noble Lo...

As I said, we are in discussions with the ONR in relation to the Bill to make sure that it can ge...

For information, some of the researchers who work in the nuclear fusion project, for example, are...

I am fully aware of the concerns of the noble Lord and of the industry. Obviously it is a matter ...

I thank the Minister for his response. No doubt this debate will continue when we debate the Brex...

Before the noble Lord withdraws his amendment, as he said he would, I have noted that this debate...

I thank the noble Lord for his contribution. He is absolutely right. Experts are needed not only ...

I just want to interrupt the noble Lord to offer him one further statistic to indicate how long t...

The whole area of the financing and decommissioning of Sellafield is the subject of another debat...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

11: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, in moving this amendment, I want to explore the status and independence of the ONR. I h...

I support Amendment 11. Part of Amendment 7 said something similar. It is very important that we ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, knows, I am always sympathetic, particularly to his amend...

That has been a very helpful response and I am grateful to the Minister. However, I disagree with...