Clause 50
Energy Bill
5:00 pm
Jamie Reed (PPS (Rt Hon Tony McNulty, Minister of State), Home Office; Copeland, Labour)
The key issue is cash flow into the operating plants that want to decommission more rapidly or meet their other liabilities with regard to fixed costs of the work force and so on. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we need to allow the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and other operators of nuclear facilities around the country to maximise their commercial revenue streams in order to offset costs to the taxpayer and to ensure a greater amount of surety when it comes to meeting those costs? I am talking about fuel manufacture, reprocessing and so on.