HC Deb 21 December 1954 vol 535 cc251-2W
53. Mr. Mikardo

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what progress has been made in giving effect to the recommendations of the Select Committee on Estimates that the work of the Road Research Laboratory should be expanded.

Mr. Bevins

The Road Research Laboratory has been given a fair allocation from the additional financial resources recently made available to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and it is hoped to increase its staff by more than 25 per cent. by 1959.