§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Minister of Technology if he will list the main projects in which there is official technological co-operation with European countries.
§ Mr. CousinsOfficial technological collaboration with European countries is undertaken by a number of departments within their respective responsibilities.
The main projects in defence and aviation were given by my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Defence and the Minister of Aviation respectively in the former's statement on 17th May and the latter's Answers to the hon. Members for Leicester, South-East (Mr. Peel) and Harborough (Mr. Farr) on 17th March.
Other main projects are the Channel Tunnel, which is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport, and collaboration on space technology through the European Space Research Organisation (E.S.R.O.) in the field of responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science.
In my own areas of responsibility, the main projects in collaboration with other members of the European Nuclear Energy Agency (E.N.E.A.) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (O.E.C.D.) are the Dragon High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactor project at Winfrith, Dorset and the Boiling Heavy-Water Reactor project at Halden, Norway. My Department is also developing co-operation with other European countries in its inquiry on standards practice.