START OF THE MILLENNIUM

Motion Text

That this House recognises that the Millennium will begin in Teddington, Middlesex when the atomic clocks at the National Physical Laboratory complete their countdown and transmit a Millennium signal based on Co-ordinated Universal Time; applauds the achievements of the 700 staff of the laboratory in making it a world class centre for metrology and applied physics of great service to the Government and United Kingdom industry; and acknowledges the central importance of continued Department of Trade and Industry funding, including for a state of the art laboratory.