HC Deb 26 February 1968 vol 759 cc264-6W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will outline the machinery by which he relates work at defence research establishments to the strategic aims of the Government.

Mr. Healey

This is a continuing process to which the establishments themselves and all those concerned with the administration of the defence research and development programme contribute. The arrangements for central control were

Date Minister Establishment
2nd December, 1964 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, Portsdown.
7th January, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Pacific Naval Laboratory, Esquimault (Canada).
17th February, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Army Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Chobham.
19th February, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force. Aeroplane and Armaments Establishment, Boscombe Down.
1st March, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux.
2nd April, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Reactor Test Establishment, Dounreay.
28th May, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington.
18th June, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, Portland.
25th October, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force. Defence Operational Analysis Establishment, West Byfleet.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Air Force.
29th October, 1965 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army. Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Chobham.
3rd December, 1965 Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force. Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough.
5th January, 1966 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, Portland.
7th January, 1966 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Materials Laboratory, Holton Heath.
14th January, 1966 Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. Services Electronics Research Laboratory, Baldock.
18th January, 1966 Minister of Defence for the Army Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Fort Halstead.
9th May, 1966 Minister of Defence for the Army Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Porton.
6th June, 1966 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army. Military Engineering Experimental Establishment, Christchurch.
24th June, 1966 Secretary of State for Defence Defence Operational Analysis Establishment, West Byfleet.
15th September, 1966 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy. Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment, Portland.
12th January, 1967 Minister of Defence for Equipment. Admiralty Surface Weapons, Establishment, Portsdown.
27th January, 1967 Minister of Defence for Equipment. Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Fort Halstead.
10th February, 1967 Minister of Defence for Equipment. Services Electronics Research Laboratory, Baldock.
13th February, 1967 Minister of Defence for Equipment. Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington.
3rd March, 1967 Minister of Defence for Equipment. Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern.

described in detail in paragraphs 3–14 of Chapter VI of Part II of the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1966 (Cmnd. 2902).

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