Atomic Organisation
On Tuesday in the Commons the Opposition greeted with a barrage of questions the Prime Minister's statement that a committee would be set up to devise a plan for transferring res- porisibility for atomic energy from the Ministry of Supply to a non-Departmental body. That was a perfectly healthy reaction. The principles which led the Government to decide on, the possibility of a change had better be made public soon. The constitutional implications of non-Departmental control are quite important enough to attract the attention of any good Parliamentarian and to keep that attention lively for a long time. Undoubtedly many of the questions asked on Tuesday were useful and important and justifiable, even though they were mixed up with an evident desire to disagree,with the Governnient about something and to disagree with the Pay- master-General, Lord Cherwell, who is said to be' the author of the project, about everything.
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