HC Deb 05 July 1955 vol 543 c84W
85. Sir D. Robertson

asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken by his Department to deal with the shortage of scientific manpower, which is threatening the expansion of the industrial atomic energy programme.

Mr. Watkinson

There is no short cut to a solution of this problem. An increase in the supply of scientific manpower depends in the long run on an increase in the number of science students at our universities and higher technological institutions. As long as the shortage persists, it is for all employers of scientific manpower to make the most economical and effective use of the available supply.