HC Deb 15 November 1955 vol 546 cc173-4
10. Mr. Mason

asked the Minister of Works how many papers were presented at the Geneva Atoms for Peace Conference by British scientists and Govern- ment advisers; their titles; who presented them; and which were approved by Her Majesty's Government.

Mr. Birch

The total number of British papers presented to the Conference was 99. I am placing in the Library a list of titles and authors of those papers which were read at the Conference. British scientists attended the Conference as individual experts, and they were not required to submit papers to Her Majesty's Government for approval of the views expressed.

Mr. Mason

Could the Minister give an assurance that in the papers presented, particularly by people who have some responsibility to Her Majesty's Government—for instance, Sir Ernest Rock Carling—no more theories are advanced as fantastically ridiculous as the one which he proposed?

Mr. Birch

Sir Ernest Rock Carling is not, of course, a member of a Government Department, and I have no need to answer for his views.