Dartmoor National Park (Seismic Instrument Sites)

HC Deb 28 March 1961 vol 637 c119W

63. Mr. Hayman

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science whether the Atomic Energy Authority contacted the National Parks Commission, directly or indirectly, by telephone or letter about their proposal to establish seismic instrument sites in the Dartmoor National Park.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

Yes. The Atomic Energy Authority, having formally consulted the National Park Committee for Dartmoor, later told the National Parks Commission by telephone of the nature of their proposal and of its approval by the Dartmoor National Park Committee.