§ Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Minister of Education, as representing the Minister for Science, whether his Department has considered paragraph 32 of the Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, relating to development contracts; and whether he will make a statement.
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§ Sir D. EcclesThe Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is examining various proposals and applications for support of civil development work in industry; in particular the possibility of aiding the development in industry of advanced machine tool designs. Several such projects are under discussion with industry.