§ Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Industry why his Department has made funds available for the development of information retrieval services, previously carried out by the Department of Education and Science through the Office of Scientific and Technical Information and now the British Library Research and Development Department; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldMy Department and the British Library have a common interest in ensuring that adequate facilities are created to meet developing United Kingdom requirements for computer-based information retrieval services.