Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

(asked on 17th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many ministerial visits have been made to the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in each of the past three years; and whether any are planned for 2018.


Answered by
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Lord Henley
This question was answered on 25th January 2018

In the past three years, there have been four ministerial visits to Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), these include:

  • My right hon. Friend the then Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities (2015)
  • My hon. Friend the then Minster of State for Universities and Science (2016)
  • My noble Friend Lord Prior of Brampton, then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (2017)
  • My hon. Friend Jesse Norman, then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (2017)

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly discusses potential ministerial visit opportunities with our partner organisations. Decisions on any future visits to Culham will be taken in due course.

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