HC Deb 29 April 1941 vol 371 c361W
Captain Plugge

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what arrangements are made at the present time to ensure the fullest possible scientific liaison between Great Britain and the Dominions; and to what extent representatives with scientific qualifications cooperate with the various Dominion High Commissioners in this country and the British High Commissioners in the Dominions?

Mr. Shakespeare

A close and constant interchange of scientific information is maintained between the United Kingdom Government and the Dominion Governments through the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Directors of Scientific Research of the Supply Departments in this country and similar Departments in the Dominions. Generally, liaison is effected through the offices of the High Commissioners for the Dominions in London. In the case of Canada, special arrangements have also been made whereby liaison in scientific matters is provided through Sir Lawrence Bragg, who. is attached to the office at Ottawa of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom.