HC Deb 10 February 1966 vol 724 c594
17. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he will hold a review of the priorities ac corded to the South-West in general, and Dorset in particular, by departments, in order to improve the priorities and thus meet the problems of this part of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Albu

No, Sir.

Mr. Digby

Did we not have an excellent example yesterday of Dorset's low priority when it was announced that the new fast reactor is to go to Scotland and not to Dorset, without any technical reasons being given for the preference of Scotland over Dorset?

Mr. Albu

Obviously, considerations of regional policy have to be considered within the framework of national policy. In this case national policy considerations dictated that the reactor should go to Scotland.