§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what projects of high scientific promise his Department is supporting.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Department does not directly support any research in the natural sciences. The most recent information about particular research projects and programmes supported by the Research Councils, which receive grants-in-aid from the Department through the science budget, can be found in its 1983–84 annual reports, copies of which are in the Library. The councils' peer review systems aim to ensure that only work of the highest scientific promise receives support.