Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry - Revision history

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 ==Members==
 Information as of 25 January, 2005 <ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
 ===MSPs===
 *[[Shiona Baird]]
 *[[Richard Baker]]
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 ===Non-MSPs===
 *[[Neil Cardwell]] - researcher for Richard Baker MSP
 *[[Tony King]] - MSP researcher

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 ==Lobbying controversy==
-The Scottish equivalent of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]] has been set up by MSPs to promote &#39;consideration and discussion of aspects of the civil nuclear industry which come within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament, including environmental, economic and planning issues relating to the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plant, and liaison with interested groups, including management and employees in the industry and other stakeholders."<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
+The Scottish equivalent of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]] was set up by MSPs to promote &#39;consideration and discussion of aspects of the civil nuclear industry which come within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament, including environmental, economic and planning issues relating to the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plant, and liaison with interested groups, including management and employees in the industry and other stakeholders."<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref> It is supposed to be neutral on nuclear power.
 On the eve of the launch of the [[Energy Review (UK 2006)|2006 energy review]], the Scottish ''Sunday Herald'' revealed that the CPG had "failed to declare the administrative support it receives from nuclear power firm [[British Energy]] that runs eight power stations in the UK. Services include drafting agendas and taking minutes of meetings, none of which is made available to the public." The newspaper also reported that the CPG was given presentations by the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)]] and the nuclear waste agency, [[Nirex]], and had gone on a trip to a nuclear power station with its UK counterpart, the [[Nuclear Energy APPG]]. <ref>[http://www.sundayherald.com/53711 ''The Sunday Herald'']</ref>

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 ==Secret spinners==
-According to the newspaper, after it "...started making enquiries about the group last week, the name of a well-known lobbyist mentioned on the website was erased." The lobbyist in question is [[Thomas Docherty]], as illustrated by [[:Image:Scottish-civil-nuclear-cpg-in-yahoo-cache-26jan06.jpg|this screenshot of the old version of the CPG's website]], which was still in the Yahoo cache a few days after ''The Herald'' report was published.
+According to the newspaper, after it "...started making enquiries about the group last week, the name of a well-known lobbyist mentioned on the website was erased." The lobbyist in question is [[Thomas Docherty]], as illustrated by [[:Image:Scottish-civil-nuclear-cpg-in-yahoo-cache-26jan06.jpg|this screenshot of the old version of the CPG's website]], which was still in the Yahoo cache a few days after ''The Herald'' report was published.<ref>Civil Nuclear Industry Scottish CPG Website,  [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Image:Scottish-civil-nuclear-cpg-in-yahoo-cache-26jan06.jpg].</ref>
 In addition, the website listing for Nirex's representative on the CPG was altered: [[Rachel Robertson]] (daughter of former NATO Secretary General [[George Robertson]]) from [[Fleishman-Hillard]] was on the Group, although she was listed as being from [[Nirex]] and not the PR company itself. <ref>Standards Committee Meeting Agenda, [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/standards/papers-05/stp05-02.pdf Scottish Paliament website], 22 February, 2005.</ref>

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 ==Lobbying controversy==
-The Scottish equivilent of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]] has been set up by MSPs to promote &#39;consideration and discussion of aspects of the civil nuclear industry which come within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament, including environmental, economic and planning issues relating to the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plant, and liaison with interested groups, including management and employees in the industry and other stakeholders."<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
+The Scottish equivalent of the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]] has been set up by MSPs to promote &#39;consideration and discussion of aspects of the civil nuclear industry which come within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament, including environmental, economic and planning issues relating to the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plant, and liaison with interested groups, including management and employees in the industry and other stakeholders."<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
 It is supposed to be neutral on nuclear power.
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 "Weeks later, the CPG and its Westminster equivalent, the all-party group on nuclear energy, attended a dinner paid for them by the nuclear industry. This was preceded months earlier by a trip to Torness, home to one of Scotland&#39;s nuclear plants, part of which was funded by British Energy".
-According to the paper "Critics say the group has broken the MSPs&#39; code of conduct and compromised the forum&#39;s impartiality by accepting financial benefits from outfits that back new reactors. They want parliament to examine the role of commercial lobbyists in arranging meetings between their pro-nuclear clients and politicians".
+According to the paper,
-==Secret Spinners==
+:Critics say the group has broken the MSPs&#39; code of conduct and compromised the forum&#39;s impartiality by accepting financial benefits from outfits that back new reactors. They want parliament to examine the role of commercial lobbyists in arranging meetings between their pro-nuclear clients and politicians.
 According to the newspaper, after it "...started making enquiries about the group last week, the name of a well-known lobbyist mentioned on the website was erased." The lobbyist in question is [[Thomas Docherty]], as illustrated by [[:Image:Scottish-civil-nuclear-cpg-in-yahoo-cache-26jan06.jpg|this screenshot of the old version of the CPG's website]], which was still in the Yahoo cache a few days after ''The Herald'' report was published.
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 *[[Linda Smith]] - [[British Energy]]
 *[[Simon Tiernan]] - researcher for John Home Robertson MSP
 ==External links==
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 *Andrew Grice, "[http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article485924.ece Brown endorses Blair's plans for more nuclear power stations]", ''The Independent'', 17 May, 2006.
 *"[http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=769532006 MP generates atomic power alert for Blair]", Glasgow Evening Herald, 24 May, 2006.
 [[Category:Pro-nuclear organisations]][[Category:Cross Party Group]][[Category:Nuclear Spin]]

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 According to the newspaper, after it "...started making enquiries about the group last week, the name of a well-known lobbyist mentioned on the website was erased." The lobbyist in question is [[Thomas Docherty]], as illustrated by [[:Image:Scottish-civil-nuclear-cpg-in-yahoo-cache-26jan06.jpg|this screenshot of the old version of the CPG's website]], which was still in the Yahoo cache a few days after ''The Herald'' report was published.
-In addition, the website listing for Nirex's representative on the CPG was altered: [[Rachel Robertson]] (daughter of former NATO Secretary General [[George Robertson]]) from [[Fleishman-Hillard]] was on the Group, although she was listed as being from [[Nirex]] and not the PR company itself. <ref>Standards Committee Meeting Agenda [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/standards/papers-05/stp05-02.pdf Scottish Paliament website], 22 February, 2005.</ref>
+In addition, the website listing for Nirex's representative on the CPG was altered: [[Rachel Robertson]] (daughter of former NATO Secretary General [[George Robertson]]) from [[Fleishman-Hillard]] was on the Group, although she was listed as being from [[Nirex]] and not the PR company itself. <ref>Standards Committee Meeting Agenda, [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/standards/papers-05/stp05-02.pdf Scottish Paliament website], 22 February, 2005.</ref>
 She was replaced by [[Ian Price]]. Unless there are two Ian Prices working for Nirex in Edinburgh, this is the same person who is a member of staff of [[Fleishman-Hillard]], based in the PR firm's Edinburgh office, <ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_June05-Nov05.pdf APPC website]</ref> and is seconded to Nirex. <ref>[http://www.nirex.co.uk/foi/nxconsult/oldsitelistworkshop_2005.pdf Nirex website]</ref> If so, the fact that he is a public relations professional is not disclosed on the CPG's website. <ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>

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 On the eve of the launch of the [[Energy Review (UK 2006)|2006 energy review]], the Scottish ''Sunday Herald'' revealed that the CPG had "failed to declare the administrative support it receives from nuclear power firm [[British Energy]] that runs eight power stations in the UK. Services include drafting agendas and taking minutes of meetings, none of which is made available to the public." The newspaper also reported that the CPG was given presentations by the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)]] and the nuclear waste agency, [[Nirex]], and had gone on a trip to a nuclear power station with its UK counterpart, the [[Nuclear Energy APPG]]. <ref>[http://www.sundayherald.com/53711 ''The Sunday Herald'']</ref>
-According to the ''Sunday Herald'', the Scottish Parliament has been asked to investigate  whether the Cross Party Group "flouted anti-sleaze rules" as it has "has failed to register a number of trips and dinners financed by organisations that support the controversial energy source." <ref>Paul Hutcheon, "[http://www.sundayherald.com/53711 Sleaze probe into nuclear lobbying at Holyrood]", ''Sunday Herald'', 22 January, 2006.</ref>
+According to the ''Sunday Herald'', the Scottish Parliament has been asked to investigate  whether the Cross Party Group "flouted anti-sleaze rules" as it has "has failed to register a number of trips and dinners financed by organisations that support the controversial energy source." <ref>[http://www.sundayherald.com/53711 ''The Sunday Herald'']</ref>
 "The group&#39;s register also leaves the 'financial benefits' section blank, despite Holyrood rules requiring CPGs to register 'financial or other benefits' exceeding £250 received from any source. "But last August, nuclear plant operator British Nuclear Fuels Limited funded 'accommodation' costs for MSPs to visit the reprocessing plant at Sellafield".
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 *[[Simon Tiernan]] - researcher for John Home Robertson MSP
+==Notes==
 ==External links==
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 *Andrew Grice, "[http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article485924.ece Brown endorses Blair's plans for more nuclear power stations]", ''The Independent'', 17 May, 2006.
 *"[http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=769532006 MP generates atomic power alert for Blair]", Glasgow Evening Herald, 24 May, 2006.
 [[Category:Pro-nuclear organisations]][[Category:Cross Party Group]][[Category:Nuclear Spin]]

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 The '''Civil Nuclear Industry Scottish CPG''' (cross party group) describes its purpose as follows:
-:'To promote consideration and discussion of aspects of the civil nuclear industry which come within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament, including environmental, economic and planning issues relating to the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plant, and liaison with interested groups, including management and employees in the industry and other stakeholders."<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm]</ref>
+:'To promote consideration and discussion of aspects of the civil nuclear industry which come within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament, including environmental, economic and planning issues relating to the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plant, and liaison with interested groups, including management and employees in the industry and other stakeholders."<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
 The equivalent body in the UK parliament is the [[Nuclear Energy APPG]].

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 In addition, the website listing for Nirex's representative on the CPG was altered: [[Rachel Robertson]] (daughter of former NATO Secretary General [[George Robertson]]) from [[Fleishman-Hillard]] was on the Group, although she was listed as being from [[Nirex]] and not the PR company itself. <ref>Standards Committee Meeting Agenda [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/standards/papers-05/stp05-02.pdf Scottish paliament website], 22 February, 2005.</ref>
-She was replaced by [[Ian Price]]. Unless there are two Ian Prices working for Nirex in Edinburgh, this is the same person who is a member of staff of [[Fleishman-Hillard]], based in the PR firm's Edinburgh office, <ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_June05-Nov05.pdf APPC website]</ref> and is seconded to Nirex <ref>[http://www.nirex.co.uk/foi/nxconsult/oldsitelistworkshop_2005.pdf]</ref>. If so, the fact that he is a public relations professional is not disclosed on the CPG's website. <ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
+She was replaced by [[Ian Price]]. Unless there are two Ian Prices working for Nirex in Edinburgh, this is the same person who is a member of staff of [[Fleishman-Hillard]], based in the PR firm's Edinburgh office, <ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_June05-Nov05.pdf APPC website]</ref> and is seconded to Nirex. <ref>[http://www.nirex.co.uk/foi/nxconsult/oldsitelistworkshop_2005.pdf Nirex website]</ref> If so, the fact that he is a public relations professional is not disclosed on the CPG's website. <ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crossPartyGroups/groups/cpg-cni.htm Scottish Parliament website]</ref>
 ==Members==