§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the steps to be taken to implement the recommendation made in the Interim Report of the Working Groups on Manpower Promoters for Scientific Growth that further attention should be given to meeting demand in industry and the schools, at least in part, by redeployment from other sectors such as Government research establishments.
§ Mr. CroslandThe recommendations of the interim Swann Report are being studied by my Department and by the Research Councils. The particular issues of demand for manpower in industry and the schools are being considered in detail with the Working Group on Manpower Parameters for Scientific Growth and I understand that they will make a further report in the autumn. I would ask my hon. Friend to await the final report of the Working Group which I understand will be based on a further study of these issues and more complete statistical data.