§ 20. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated expenditure of the Science Research Council during 1981–82 on biotechnology.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe Science and Engineering Research Council—as it is now called—estimates that in 1981–82 it will spend £1 million on research into biotechnology in universities and polytechnics, in addition to support for some 80 to 90 post-graduate students working in this area.