Clause 83 - Additional functions of UKAEA
Energy Bill [Lords]
4:30 pm
Mr Nigel Griffiths (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Edinburgh South, Labour)
We are clarifying the extent of the UKAEA's powers to manage the properties that it owns. It already has that management function and we believe that it should continue the work it has done. I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has critical examples in mind of how it is managing its property portfolio at the moment. I understand that development ventures on sites like Harwell have been warmly welcomed and applauded. We now have a legislative opportunity to clarify and confirm UKAEA's powers in that regard.