Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to implement the (a) revised arrangements to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and (b) the Brussels Convention supplementary to the Paris Convention.

The 2004 Protocols amending the Paris and Brussels Conventions came into force on 1st January 2022, following their ratification by the contracting parties at the end of 2021. The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 implemented the amendments into the Nuclear Installations Act 1965. Discussions with the civil nuclear sector have informed the UK’s approach to implementing its liability regime. The key amendments in the 2004 Protocols are new categories of damage, increased operator liability, and an increased limitation period for claims for personal injury from 10-30 years after an incident.