NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS

Early day motion 2003, tabled 20 April 2006 by Michael Weir (Scottish National Party). Signed by 30 members.

That this House notes with great concern the news that the clean-up cost for existing nuclear facilities is set to rise by £14 billion to £70 billion; believes that this highlights that nuclear power is expensive as well as dangerous and dirty; considers that Scotland has no need for new nuclear power stations which, according to the UK Government-appointed Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, if built, would produce radioactive waste nine times stronger than currently exists and will cost billions of pounds to both build and clean up; and further believes that the Government's nuclear ambitions should be rejected and that clean and safe energy technologies with which Scotland has the potential to lead the world should be promoted.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 7, Scottish National Party 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1.