§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present amount of the financial aid given to the Royal Society and other bodies to assist scientific publications; and whether he is yet in a position to announce whether it will be possible to increase this amount in the near future.
§ Sir J. AndersonThe grants in aid to the Royal Society and to the Royal Society of Edinburgh include provision of £2,700 and £300 respectively, allocated specifically to scientific publications. Scientific publications are also issued by other bodies receiving grants from public funds, notably the Medical Research Council and the Agricultural Research Council, but 2253W except as mentioned above the grants are not allocated to specific purposes. The possibilities of publication in war-time are restricted by a number of factors, and I am not aware that the amount of the grant from the Exchequer has operated to reduce their number. I am not yet in a position to state the amount of the grants which Parliament will be asked to provide in 1945 for scientific investigation and research.