§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for Trade what financial assistance is being provided by the National Research Development Corporation to individual inventors to enable them to develop their inventions; what has been the extent of any such support during each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldI have been asked to reply.
The National Research Development Corporation assists the development of all inventions submitted to it which it judges to be capable of successful commercial exploitation. A summary of NRDC's assistance to private inventors is published in its annual reports, which are available in the Library.