Written evidence to be reported to the House
Energy Bill
12:00 pm
Dr. Mike Weightman: I would use slightly different terminology. From a regulatory point of view, the industry must earn the public’s trust, as too must the regulator in its regulatory arrangements and its fulfilment of them. We have been pushing the industry to do more on that, particularly in relation to new build. Indeed, over the last few months, we have arranged with them to put their safety cases into the public domain, to invite comments from the public and to answer them. We are overseeing that process. When we come to our views about the various steps that we are looking at under the generic design assessment, we will take account of its approach when putting forward our independent view. For me it is not only about informing the public; we also have to earn their trust. I think that that is a crucial component of our thinking, as regulators.