HC Deb 22 March 1976 vol 908 c5W
29. Mr. Palmer

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent meeting of EEC Science Ministers held to discuss the siting of the Joint European Torus nuclear fusion experiment.

Mr. Eadie

The Council of Research Ministers on 24th February was unable to reach agreement on the site for JET, and decided to return to the subject at their next meeting, scheduled for 18th June. They agreed to release funds for the 1976 non-JET fusion programme pending a decision on JET. The United Kingdom pressed strongly the case for Culham on scientific and technological grounds and will continue to do so.