HC Deb 08 May 1919 vol 115 cc1098-9
56. Lieutenant-Colonel MALONE

asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to carry out the recommendations of the Machinery of Government Committee with regard to the establishment of a Ministry of Scientific and Industrial Research?

Mr. SHORTT

Certain 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.