§ 13. Mr. Skeetasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what plans the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has for association with the British Nuclear Forum to be incorporated in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethThe Atomic Energy Authority supports the establishment of a British Nuclear Forum. It takes the view that it should be for the Forum, when established, to consider in the first instance the way in which it would wish the Authority to be associated with it.
§ Mr. SkeetDoes my hon. Friend agree that this might be a helpful body for contributing to the provision of useful forecasts on atomic energy in the United Kingdom? Is he aware that in the United States more than 500 firms have been associated with this enterprise?
§ Mr. FreethYes, indeed. I welcome the establishment of a British Nuclear Forum. At least 15 other countries have such a body and this will, I think, be a useful one to act as the industry's spokesman when dealing with the Government or with the industries of other countries.