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Energy: Nuclear Power

Volume 708: debated on Thursday 12 March 2009

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Lord Taylor of Warwick

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the national planning policy statement on nuclear power will be delayed until 2010; and, if so, why. [HL1394]

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

It remains our intention to consult on a draft nuclear national policy statement later this year, but this process and parliamentary scrutiny means it will not be designated until 2010.