Feb232017

Corporate report: RWM Stakeholder Conference

DEFRA
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A group of 80 stakeholders, representing many of the groups with which RWM interacts on a regular basis – including government, regulators, academia and the nuclear supply chain – met in Manchester in October 2016. The event was designed to update these groups about progress towards the formal launch of the geological disposal facility (GDF) siting process.

Representatives of government, regulators, the RWM Board and its Executive gave details of developments to date and set out their plans for the coming year. A summary of the Stakeholder Conference is available here.

A number of presentations had accompanying slidepacks which can be downloaded:

Day One – Thursday 13 October

Welcome: Bruce McKirdy, Managing Director, RWM

Keynote speech: Claes Thegerstrom, Non-Executive Director, RWM

Building Partnerships: Natalyn Ala, GDF Siting Director, RWM

Presentation from regulators

Day 2 – Friday 14 October

Keynote address: Tom Wintle, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Delivering safety: John Corderoy, Science and Technology Director, RWM

Making radioactive waste ready for disposal: Ann McCall, Waste Management Director, RWM

Feb232017

This is a damp squib from a Tory Party who have no solutions to the problems they have created in the justice system – Burgon

Labour
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Richard
Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to the Government’s
Prison and Courts Bill, said:

“While
there are some welcome proposals, overall this is a damp squib from a Tory
Party who have no solutions to the problems they have created in the justice
system

“We
were promised the ‘biggest overhaul of prisons in a generation’ but there is no
plan to deal with understaffing and overcrowding – the two biggest challenges
facing the prison system.

“A
duty on prisons to reform is of course welcome. But without a plan to back it
up, this is simply a symbolic gesture.

“Labour
is open to Governors having greater autonomy, but this must not become a way
for Ministers to simply shift responsibility for their policy failures
elsewhere.

“And
the Chief Inspector of Prisons has already queried whether league tables could
be meaningful.

“Preventing
cross examination of victims of domestic violence by the perpetrator is
welcome. However, the Tories’ reckless cuts to legal aid have greatly
contributed to this unacceptable situation.”

Feb232017

The Tories’ immigration policy is a complete mess – Abbott

Labour
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Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home
Secretary, responding to the release of the
latest migration statistics, said:

“The Tories’ immigration policy is a
complete mess. Despite their claims, they are still nowhere near to achieving
their unworkable target.

“The Tories blame the EU for this,
but EU and non-EU long-term migration are the same, and each of them is way
over 100,000 by themselves. The ONS are clear there was no statistically
significant fall in net migration numbers. 

“The only significant drop was in
international students, who enrich our education system and the wider economy
and whose decline will make us all worse off.”

Feb232017

These findings from the BMA are a stark wakeup – Blomfield

Labour
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Paul
Blomfield MP, Shadow Brexit Minister, responding to a BMA report that reveals
more than four in ten European doctors are considering leaving the UK following
Brexit, said:

“Labour
has been warning the Government for months now that its failure to guarantee the
status of Europeans living and working here is not in the national interest.

“These
findings from the BMA are a stark wakeup call about the consequences of this
uncertainty for a health service already at breaking point.

“The
Government must act urgently and guarantee the status of Europeans – for our
health service, for our economy and to create goodwill amongst our future
negotiating partners.

“It’s
failure to do so is an act of self-harm.”