Part of Prayers – in the House of Commons am 10:15 pm ar 31 Hydref 1991.
David Heathcoat-Amory
, Wells
10:15,
31 Hydref 1991
I am happy to repeat the Government's view that openness is a friend of the nuclear industry and everyone has everything to gain by open discussion and understanding of the complex issues involved. There was no intention to be secretive about the Iraqi contract and there is no cover up. The information was available in the summer and, as the hon. Member for Caithness and Sutherland said, it is his experience as a local Member of Parliament that the nuclear industry is much more open than has been alleged by the hon. Member for Moray.
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