§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what reasons the Government preferred Didcot to Daresbury for the synchrotron. [119315]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 17 April 2000]: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on 21 March 2000, Official Report, column 480W.
§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department's Ministers decided that Didcot was the best site for the synchrotron. [119313]
§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department first wrote to Wellcome suggesting Didcot for the synchrotron. [119316]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 17 April 2000]: I refer the right hon. Member to the evidence given to the Science and Technology Select Committee by the Director General of the Research Councils on 8 December 1999 and by the Director of the Wellcome Trust on 15 December 1999.
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§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the correspondence between his Department and Wellcome over the location of the new synchrotron. [119314]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 17 April 2000]: The correspondence between my Department and the Wellcome Trust contains information given in confidence and as such is exempt from disclosure under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.