HC Deb 28 May 1963 vol 678 c1096
9. Mr. Skeffington

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what changes are proposed for the Low Temperature Research Station at Cambridge.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

As already announced, the Agricultural Research Council proposes to continue the work of this station at two new institutions, the Meat Research Institute near Bristol, and the Food Research Institute at Norwich, when the premises in Cambridge have to be vacated.

Mr. Skeffington

Would the Parliamentary Secretary be able to say what is to happen to the staff now working at the Ditton Laboratory? Can he confirm or deny the suggestion that those working at the John Innes Horticultural Institute are also to go to Cambridge? If that is the case, what will happen to the new building which has recently been erected at Hertford?

Mr. Freeth

With regard to the Ditton Laboratory, some of the work will be transferred to Norwich in due course and the staff concerned have been told. With regard to the John Innes Institute, this is a separate institute and it is unlikely to be moved to Cambridge.