PRESIDENT BUSH'S CALL FOR A BAN ON NUCLEAR REPROCESSING

Early day motion 629, tabled 12 February 2004 by Llew Smith (Labour). Signed by 28 members.

That this House welcomes President Bush's statement at the United States National Defense University in Washington DC on 11th February that 'Enrichment and reprocessing are not necessary for nations seeking to harness nuclear energy for peaceful purposes'; recalls the statement by Lord Davies of Oldham in the debate on the Energy Bill, Official Report, 22nd January, column GC415, that 'We consider a great deal of the activity of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, particularly at Thorp Reprocessing Plant and Sellafield MOX Plant, to be loss-making'; believes that we are at an historic moment, appropriate for nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield to be halted; and calls upon the Prime Minister to support President Bush in his appeal to end reprocessing.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1, UUP 1.