§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what factors underlie the changes in the Northern Ireland arrangements for research support in Northern Ireland higher education. [10986]
§ Mr. AncramThe maintenance of law and order as the Government's top spending priority in Northern Ireland and the decision to concentrate resources within the education service on schools, and in particular the classroom, were the main factors underlying the reductions which will be made from 1997–98, inter alia, in the levels of research support to be provided to the two Northern Ireland universities.