HC Deb 12 March 1963 vol 673 cc143-4W
88. Mr. Albu

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will move for a Select Committee to examine the evidence on which the decisions taken so far on the choice of a nuclear reactor for a merchant ship were made.

Mr. Marples

No. The government's decision of last November to concentrate its research effort on two types of reactor was taken, as the House was informed at the time, on the advice of the Working Group on Marine Reactor Research. This group was in turn advised by a technical panel it set up to make detailed assessments of the various types of reactor which the government was currently examining. I have every confidence in the judgment of the Panel and of the Working Group.

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