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Economics Of Nuclear Reprocessing And The Review Of Radioactive Waste Management

EDM number 146 in 1998-99, proposed by David Chaytor on 16/12/1998.

That this House notes that British Nuclear Fuels has spent ú300 million of taxpayers' money on a nuclear reprocessing plant with no authorisation to commence operations; further notes that the British stockpile of plutonium now exceeds 50 tonnes and is predicted to double within the next 10 years; welcomes the Environment Agency's recent statement on the inadequacies of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993; further welcomes the conclusions of the Royal Society's report on the Management of Separated Plutonium; understands the implications of the recent decision of the new German government to stop the export of spent nuclear fuel to the United Kingdom; recognises that the latest evidence suggests that reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is twice as expensive as dry storage; understands that BNFL has no contracts for reprocessing beyond the existing baseload contracts; anticipates with great interest the forthcoming House of Lords' Select Committee report on Radioactive Waste Management; regrets that the absence of Freedom of Information legislation currently limits the extent of public debate about the economics of reprocessing; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure that the terms of reference of the forthcoming review of radioactive waste management policy specifically include an examination of the economic and environmental implications of nuclear reprocessing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Chaytor16/12/1998Bury NorthLabourProposed
Jonathan R Shaw16/12/1998Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Joan Walley16/12/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas16/12/1998Harrow WestLabourSigned
Ian Stewart16/12/1998EcclesLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard16/12/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Cryer16/12/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Ann Cryer16/12/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Harry Cohen16/12/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Alan Simpson16/12/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable17/12/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham17/12/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin17/12/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Flynn17/12/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
John Austin17/12/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Norman Godman11/01/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/01/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Julia Drown11/01/1999South SwindonLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner11/01/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/01/1999Luton NorthLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge12/01/1999Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/01/1999GowerLabourSigned
Clive Efford12/01/1999ElthamLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/01/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore13/01/1999HendonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley14/01/1999Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster18/01/1999Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Jim Cousins19/01/1999Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington25/01/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Martin Salter28/01/1999Reading WestLabourSigned
Martin Smyth28/01/1999Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Janet Dean28/01/1999BurtonLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt28/01/1999Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon01/02/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick01/02/1999Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Norman Baker01/02/1999LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Laura Moffatt01/02/1999CrawleyLabourSigned
Terry Lewis01/02/1999WorsleyLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay01/02/1999ThurrockLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore01/02/1999Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Oona King01/02/1999Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Llew Smith02/02/1999Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Robert McCartney02/02/1999North DownUKUPSigned
Alan Williams02/02/1999Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
David Lepper03/02/1999Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mark Todd03/02/1999South DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Taylor03/02/1999North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Valerie Davey03/02/1999Bristol WestLabourSigned
Edward Davey03/02/1999Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 03/02/1999MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Jones03/02/1999Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Nick Harvey03/02/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Sawford03/02/1999KetteringLabourSigned
Peter Robinson03/02/1999Belfast EastDUPSigned
Anthony D Wright04/02/1999Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley04/02/1999CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Matthew Taylor04/02/1999Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Austin Mitchell04/02/1999Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Harold Best04/02/1999Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith08/02/1999Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Cunningham08/02/1999Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Tony Benn08/02/1999ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan09/02/1999Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson09/02/1999Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Jim Wallace10/02/1999Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Darvill16/02/1999UpminsterLabourSigned
Mike Wood16/02/1999Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty16/02/1999Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady22/02/1999South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Raymond Powell04/03/1999OgmoreLabourSigned
Christine Butler04/03/1999Castle PointLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/03/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Patrick Hall09/03/1999BedfordLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone05/05/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
Diane Abbott10/05/1999Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Terry Davis21/07/1999Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned

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