Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s Spokesman on: Eric Forth, Pensions and Nuclear Energy
Eric Forth
Asked if there was any comment on Eric Forth’s death, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that when Jacqui Smith had broken the news to the Cabinet this morning there had been a genuine and spontaneous expression of sadness. The Prime Minister reflected that Eric Forth was one of those colourful characters that made parliament the place it was. He would be sadly missed by everyone, including those who did not agree with him on many things.
Pensions
Asked about the pensions briefing at Cabinet, the PMOS said that it was best that Parliament heard it first, which would probably be towards the back end of next week though it was not yet 100% decided.
Nuclear Energy
Asked to comment on the alleged cabinet splits over nuclear power funding, the PMOS said that the time to talk about costs would be whenever the energy review was published. That said everyone should bear in mind that whatever was decided there would be costs associated with that. Renewables would cost as well. The idea that you could get something for nothing in this area was a fallacy. The PMOS repeated that the time to talk about costs would be when the energy review was complete. However, it was worth underlining again that the cost of doing nothing was that we would become 80-90% dependent on foreign imports and that we would have to accept that we would miss the carbon emissions target by some distance.
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