§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the organisations and individuals from whom his Department received comments on his departmental consultation paper on nuclear research and development; and when he expects to come to conclusions on the responses.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThe Department has received substantive comments from almost 100 organisations and individuals.
The largest group of responses, some 30 per cent. of the total, were from suppliers or potential suppliers of goods and services to the nuclear industry. Some 20 per cent. were from the research or higher education field. Ten per cent. came from the energy industries. The remainder of the comments came from other Government Departments or agencies, campaigning organisations, trade unions and professional associations and private individuals.
I hope to publish a strategy for the Department's nuclear R and D programmes, which will take into account comments received on the consultation document, in the near future.