NUCLEAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Early day motion 1018, tabled 25 July 2000 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 25 members.

That this House deplores the decision to agree to pay Japan ú40 million as a sweetener to apologise for the fact that British Nuclear Fuels sent Kansai Electric plutonium mox fuel with falsified safety paperwork; notes with concern the total cost of the return of the discredited mox fuel to Sellafield is likely to be in excess of ú100 million; believes the agreement to provide Kansai Electric with alternative subsidised mox fuel is contrary to EU rules on state aid; contrasts the enormous subsidies to the plutonium fuel industry with the total annual research, demonstration and development investment into renewable energy of ú31 million; and calls upon the Government to halt all further support for plutonium fuel production in the United Kingdom in favour of a robust support for renewable energies.

Signatures by party: Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 3, Scottish National Party 1.