56. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONEasked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to carry out the recommendations of the 1099 Machinery of Government Committee with regard to the establishment of a Ministry of Scientific and Industrial Research?
§ Mr. SHORTTCertain decisions have been reached which provide for the extension of the functions of the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, but no decision has yet been made with regard to the establishment of a separate Ministry of Research. This question is still under consideration.