PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Inquiries (22 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory public inquiries being undertaken by his Department.
Asked by:
Lee Anderson (Reform UK)
Asked by:
Lee Anderson (Reform UK)
Answer
The non-statutory Magnox Inquiry is currently underway, which is an independent inquiry into the award of the Magnox decommissioning contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and its subsequent termination.
Once convened, public inquiries are run independently of the Government. The Department supports and cooperates fully with all public inquiries as required.
Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
30 June 2020
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