Urgent question on the Weightman Report
12 October 2011 (updated on 12 October 2011)
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, responded to an urgent question asked by Paul Flynn, Labour MP for Newport West, on the implications for the United Kingdom of the Fukushima disaster.
Watch the urgent question and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Urgent question on Weightman Report (Fukushima)
- Commons Hansard: Urgent question on Weightman Report (Fukushima)
The Weightman Report
Following the nuclear incident at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-chi site, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change formally asked Mike Weightman to provide a report to Government on the implications and lessons learnt for the UK nuclear industry.
The Weightman Report was independently produced by Dr Mike Weightman and the Office of Nuclear Regulation and was published on 11 October 2011. An interim report was published in May 2011.
A copy of the report and related documents can be found on the Office of Nuclear Regulation website.
- Written Ministerial Statement: Weightman Report (Fukushima) (11 Ocotber 2011)
- Office for Nuclear Regulation: Fukushima and the UK nuclear industry (external website)
- Commons news: Urgent question on Nulcear Industry Safety (19 May 2011)
Further information
Find current parliamentary material on nuclear power in the Topics section on the Parliament website.
Urgent questions
Urgent questions are asked at the end of Question Time. If something has happened, normally a matter of public importance, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to ask an urgent question.
If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked at the end of Question Time.