The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Energy Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Norman Baker (Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
I am trying to help the Committee by questioning the principles behind the establishment of the NDA. I want to find out exactly what the Minister intends. I have no wish to trail my amendments, as you succinctly put it, Mr. Sayeed. I have raised issues that are germane, although I will not go into them in great detail. The establishment of the NDA is a positive step, but it needs to be transparent and independent; it needs to deal with waste, not generate it. Those are the assurances that I seek from the Minister.