Energy: Radioactive Waste Management

Lord Broers
asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the role of Mr Mark Higson, Head of nuclear consultation and liabilities at the Department of Trade and Industry, with regard to the Government's policy on radioactive waste management. [HL2689]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Truscott)
Mr Higson is, among other things, responsible for DTI staff working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs colleagues on the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely programme and the development of a consultation document, and for those overseeing the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which now has a responsibility for taking forward work on the proposed waste repository. As one would expect, therefore, he has an interest in the ultimate disposition of waste, and is involved in consideration of key issues regarding radioactive waste as they emerge.