§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science where the four Scottish academic members of the Science Research Council and its Boards are normally resident and working at their research in Scotland; what meetings of the council and its boards have been held in Scotland; and what work of the council and its boards is being or is planned to be conducted in Scotland.
§ Mr. FowlerThere are two members of the Science Research Council from Scottish universities, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and they also occupy two places on the council's boards.
The council and its Nuclear Physics Board have each met once in Scotland and propose to hold further meetings there. Apart from the important work carried out at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, which is under its direct control, the council sponsors a wide range of research projects in Scottish universities and other institutions.