§ 47. Mr. Errollasked the Lord President of the Council what has been the total cost so far of the Committee on Industrial Productivity and its panels.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. William Whiteley)I have been asked to reply. It is difficult to apportion the time spent by members of the Scientific Secretariat of the Office of the Lord President on different aspects of their work, but a rough estimate of the cost to date of the Committee on Industrial Productivity and its panels, exclusive of common services and the salaries of officials not directly engaged on work for the Committee, is between £4,000 and £5,000.
§ Mr. ErrollCan the Minister say what the expenditure will be in the current year?
§ Mr. WhiteleyI could not say offhand, but if the hon. Member will put a Question down I will get that information for him.