§ 45 and 46. Mr. Denzil Freethasked the Prime Minister (1) in view of the expense caused to the taxpayer, why the Atomic Energy Authority has found it necessary to purchase a 100-bedroomed hotel in Bournemouth virtually on the seafront;
(2) the cost to the Atomic Energy Authority of the recent purchase of the Durley Hall Hotel, Bournemouth.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend understands that the Atomic Energy Authority has purchased the Durley Hall Hotel as a hostel for accommodation of staff who will be working at the Winfrith Heath Establishment. This is a matter of day-to-day administration of the Authority's affairs in which my right hon. Friend does not regard it as his duty to intervene.