Nuclear Decommissioning

Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action he proposes to take following the National Audit Office report on decommissioning civil nuclear facilities.

Mr. Eggar
The National Audit Office report of 4 June is being considered by the Public Accounts Committee. The Department's accounting officer will be giving oral evidence to the Committee on 30 June. The Government will give a detailed response to the subsequent PAC report in the usual way through a Treasury minute.