§ Mr. Parkerasked the Prime Minister what steps are taken to prevent overlapping when different private firms are doing similar research for Government Departments?
§ The Prime MinisterThere exists a well-proved machinery for the co-ordination of all research activities carried out by the different Government Departments. This232W covers equally research within the Departments and items carried out by private firms. It has developed and has been tried out under conditions of peace and war and has been found to work well.