Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Monday, 27 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 April 2000. It was answered by Stephen Byers (Labour) on Monday, 3 April 2000 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the French Government first publicly expressed a preference for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory as the site for the diamond synchrotron.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the French Government first publicly expressed a preference for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory as the site for the diamond synchrotron. [116945] Mr. Byers: The preference was first stated publicly in a letter from the French Minister of National Education, Research and Technology to my noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Science on 14 March 2000. They had made clear to him in private discussions in October 1999 that this was their view.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 347 c277W; 116945
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: France Radiation Location Research Science Laboratories Oxford Particle accelerators Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk