§ Sir Kenneth CarlisleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action has been taken to review the work of science and technology sections at British missions overseas to fulfil one of the commitments of the 1993 White Paper, "Realising our Potential: a Strategy for Science, Engineering and Technology".
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI am pleased to be able to inform the House that in the first half of this year an interdepartmental team from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Office of Science and Technology and the British Council carried out a major review of science and technology work in diplomatic missions and British Council offices overseas. I have just endorsed the report of this review. It will be published on 1 December 1994. I have arranged for a copy of the report to be deposited in the Library of the House.