§ Sir P. NEWSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the figures he recently supplied to the House concerning the cost of and the numbers employed at the physical laboratory at Teddington, which apparently has gradually become a State-supported institution, he will consider whether it should now resume its original position of being supported and run by those who profit by it?
§ Lord E. PERCYI have been asked to reply to this question. Having regard to the fact that the work done at the National Physical Laboratory is mainly undertaken in the national interest, I do not consider that a change is desirable. As the figures already supplied to the hon. Member showed, work undertaken for outside bodies is paid for by them.