§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Minister of Technology why he has closed down the Computer Aided Design Committee; to which body or to whom the sub-committees, including the Mechanical and Information Retrieval Group which currently has a project running, will now report; and by what facility or technique he now plans to ensure that the views of the computer industry are taken into account other than by informal links with individual civil servants.
§ Dr. Ernest A. DaviesThe Computer Aided Design Committee was set up to establish the importance of the computer as an aid to design. Through the valuable work of its sub-committees and otherwise, it has been successful. It would not be right, in view of this success, for so many able and public spirited men to continue to give their valuable time. It was stated at the last meeting of the committee that the chairmen of sub-committees should report to the Head of the Systems and Automation Division. This continues to be the case. Sponsorship of the computer industry is the responsibilty of the Electronics and Computers Division. In the special case of computer aided design, responsibility rests with the Systems and Automation Division through the Director of the Computer Aided Design Centre near Cambridge.