§ Mr. Roperasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what the level of the sicence budget will be over the
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 £ million (1978 prices) Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Agricultural Research Council … 24.7 +1.9 +1.1 Medical Research Council … 46.5 +1.6 +0.9 Natural Environment Research Council … 31.1 +2.5 +1.5 +1.0 Science Research Council … 149.7 —1.0 —0.5 Social Science Research Council … 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 British Museum (Natural History) … 4.6 +0.5 +0.5 +1.0 The Royal Society … 2.6 +1.0 +1.0