Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has assessed the proposals contained in the two volume report "Energy Technologies for Reducing Emissions of Greenhouse Gases", from an experts' seminar at the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris in April.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonA number of copies of the report have been received by my Department and the energy technology support unit. Members of the Department and the energy technology support unit attended the seminar, and subsequently have been assessing some of the more significant of the many technical papers that were then presented.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he, any other Minister, or any official of his Department was present at, or presented a paper to, the seminar on the greenhouse effect at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 29 September.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOfficials from this Department and the energy technology support unit (ETSU) attended the seminar. An official from the chief scientist's group within ETSU gave a short paper at the meeting.