§ Q4. Mr. Albuasked the Prime Minister whether he has yet received the report of the Committee which is considering the future of the nuclear power programme.
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir. The Committee's report is nearly complete and should be ready for consideration by the Government very shortly.
§ Mr. AlbuIn view of its importance to the future of the power policy and to many of our manufacturing industries, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman to promise that the Report will be published? Can he say whether the recent resignation of the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Authority has any relationship to the length of time this Committee has taken to produce its Report?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir. I cannot give any assurance about publication since this was an inter-departmental Committee formed to advise the Government. But, of course, I will take what steps I can to inform the House after the Government have hadthe benefit of the Committee's advice. I gather that the length of time that the Committee has taken to Report was because certain prototypes of power reactors had to work for a considerable time before it could come to its conclusions.