§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he intends to maintain a post of chief adviser on science and technology; and to which official he intends the Innovation Unit to report.
§ Mr. Heseltine[pursuant to the reply, 14 December, c. 612]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given today to my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Mr. Burns). Following the reorganisation of the work of the Department on innovation, I shall not be appointing a successor to Dr. Robinson when he returns to the private sector in March. Within the new structure, the innovation unit will report direct to the head of the industry command.