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Question for short debate on Thursday, 5 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Taverne. The answering member was Lord Drayson.


Energy: Nuclear Fusion

Lords question for short debate on what is their assessment of the prospects for nuclear fusion.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
707 c235-50GC 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-0739
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Taverne | 707 c235-7GC (Link to this contribution) If we achieve nuclear fusion, it will be the best solution to the problem of the world's future ener...
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | 707 c240-1GC (Link to this contribution) Like the noble Lord, Lord Broers, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, for bringing this to ...
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Lord Flowers | 707 c241-2GC (Link to this contribution) I came unprepared for a contribution, but the debate has been so stimulating that I must make one. F...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 707 c242GC (Link to this contribution) I must remind the noble Lord that an intervention in the gap should be short and that as this is a t...
Lord Taverne | 707 c235GC (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the prospects for nuclear fusion.
Baroness Verma | 707 c244-6GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, on securing this timely debate. His explanation w...
Lord Drayson | 707 c246-50GC (Link to this contribution) I am hugely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, for sparking this debate and for the contribut...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 707 c241GC (Link to this contribution) I believe that it is open to me to say a few words in the gap and I warned the Minister that I inten...
Lord Teverson | 707 c242-4GC (Link to this contribution) I want to thank my noble friend Lord Taverne for bringing the subject before us. I looked deeply int...
Lord Flowers | 707 c242GC (Link to this contribution) I will be quick. I thank the noble Lord. I will try to return to the main track. The timescale for f...
Baroness Verma | 707 c246GC (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches support the continuing investment in nuclear fusion, but we do not see it as the...
Lord Broers | 707 c237-40GC (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, on initiating this debate on fusion power. It is a matt...
Lord Teverson | 707 c246GC (Link to this contribution) Although I do not think we have time today, I would be interested to hear about the Conservative Par...
Subjects
Components Finance Energy supply Facilities Universities Research Testing Engineers Scientists Joint European torus Nuclear fusion Fusion reactors ITER
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