§ LORD SHERFIELDasked Her Majesty's Government:
When details of the design and cost of the nuclear power station, Dungeness "B", will be available.
§ THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, HOME OFFICE (LORD STONHAM)I have been glad to learn that further examination by the Central Electricity Generating Board has confirmed the Board in their initial judgment that the advanced gas-cooled reactor system in the successful tender shows clear economic and other advantages over the alternative systems. The Board are issuing to-morrow a full statement giving economic comparisons between the alternatives and a description of the main features of the accepted design. I have arranged for copies to be available in the Library. As my right honourable friend the Minister of Power has already announced, the Government have put in hand a comprehensive review of the nuclear power programme for 1970 to 1975.
House adjourned at nine minutes past nine o'clock.