Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 2:37 pm ar 4 Medi 2023.
Lord West of Spithead
Llafur
2:37,
4 Medi 2023
My Lords, can the Minister tell us about another type of waste—radioactive waste—and how the geological disposal facility is moving ahead? Is it moving ahead as we hoped it would? What sort of timescales does it have?
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