§ Mr. Wyattasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, the nature of the duties of the eight scientific staff employed at the 30W National Physical Laboratory on the application of electronic computers to clerical and industrial work.
§ Mr. BevinsThe duties of this staff are to carry out research on the use of electronic computers in clerical work, especially large-scale accountancy and the processing of information; the use of computers for solving mathematical problems arising in industrial work, especially in the aircraft industry; and the control of machine tools by methods involving the use of electronic computers.