HC Deb 18 March 1991 vol 188 c119

Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(9) (European Standing Committees),

That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 9025/90, relating to research into controlled nuclear fusion and amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus joint undertaking; and endorses the Government's view that agreement to the new Community Fusion Programme and to extension of the Joint European Torus Programme to 1996 will maximise the scientific value of the latter project and the associated experiments of Member States and that the Community's programme for fusion research should be subject to a rigorous independent assessment of the prospects of fusion in the light of the evidence of progress, before any long-term decisions on a Next Step device are taken.—[Mr. Chapman.]

Question agreed to.