§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects the Council of Ministers to complete its consideration of proposals for the JET tokomak project; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BennI expect the Euratom fusion programme, including the JET tokomak project, to be considered further by the Council of Ministers during the coming months, but I cannot forecast when its consideration of proposals for the JET project will be completed. At the Council of Ministers on 15th December there was general agreement on the merits of this project, but the Commission had made no formal proposal on its siting. In our view the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's establishment at Culham would provide far and away the best site.